natalie morales: who was this guy? his nickname was dirty john.alie morales: this woman knew him all too well. i started snooping, and i found everything. natalie morales: this reporter made some unnerving discoveries too.

natalie morales: but the real question, was their story even true?e were not able to substantiate any of the things that he was saying. they branded the couple was liars. natalie morales: could this be some kind of hoax who was really behind it all? normal people don't do things like this. this whole story could take another crazy turn. he said, i know that i need to pay for what i did. [theme music]

natalie morales: where was skylar? someone was hiding something. i was like, it's the fbi, like, they're serious.

natalie morales: a doctor plotting a murder.

natalie morales has watched them from start to finish hey, nat. >> good morning. the class of 2020 13 years ago when we started to watch a special group of kindergartners through elementary school up until now the were born the year after 9/11 in already what were extraordinary times, and never could we have imagined how much history they would witness and how much the world would change, as even now, during their senior year, it's been up ended by a global pandemic. but we learned how much they can teach us it's been said everything you need to know in life you learn in kindergarten. that's where it started, with the class of 2020 13 years ago in mrs. tapper's los angeles classroom. throw their years at coal fax charter elementary, we watched them grow up before our eyes >> going on to second grade. >> and our cameras. we were there for the fun times, the sad times, and the triumphant ones. >> hi, guys! >> and with some lucky timing, we gathered much of the original class of 2020, not at different high schools, for a reunion back at colfax. just a few days before

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> it's 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 superman? how is superman dead? >> he was an olympian and a father. killed, his wife says, by an intruder in his own back yard. >> describe how fast they were. >> pop, pop, pop. >> but 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'd be better off if dave wasn't around." >> was her husband defending his family or was she? >> she rose that night. >> 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. >>> welcome to "dateline." elite athlete dave laut took home a bronze medal at the 1984 olympic games. for dave home was ventura county,

. >>> i'm craig melvin, i'm natalie morales, this is "dateline." >>> 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. and matt, he had a theory all his own. >> this is not the first time she's run away, okay? >> had 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

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> i could not believe it. i couldn't imagine anyone that would ever want to hurt her. i had no idea what could've happened. >> married to her high school sweetheart, family meant everything to her. >> there was always a lot of talk about children. she wanted grandchildren, fast. >> but it all went up in smoke the night she died in a mysterious and monstrous inferno. >> it was to the right of the mattresses that we found the remains of julie. >> shocking as the blaze was, it was nothing compared to what investigators found in the embers. >> it's a bullet. >> yes. >> so this woman's been shot to death. >> yes. >> the obvious suspects. neighborhood thieves. >> there were half a dozen house burglaries, unsolved. >> investigators, also, dug into a favorite theory. the husband did it. >> i was angry. i felt that the detectives were on a manhunt and they were after my dad. >> then, up popped a text that might just be a clue. >> you could say, maybe she's driving events here. >> that's correct. >> the truth, beyond tw

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline ." >>> a sprawling southern family farm with a pair of church going grandparents at its heart. >> they were most loving individuals i've ever met in my life. >> there was no way it was supposed to end like this. >> she took out a hand and said sugar and charlie have been murdered. >> the former church deacon and his wife, who on earth would want them dead? >> it doesn't make sense. they were loved by everyone. >> everyone, maybe. but their own daughter, who admitted to a bitter simmering dispute -- >> family feud. >> bamby needed her stepmother and dad dead. >> he was there. >> or was he? >> no hair, no fingerprint, no dna. >> nothing. >> a once loving family now gripped by suspicion. >> i had a lot of people in my ear saying she did it. >> would the terrible truth rip them apart? >> this cannot be happening. >>> welcome to "dateline." a daughter, battling her demons and her mother and stepfather for control of a million dollar property. after their double murder, police started to wonder just how far bambi bennett would go to get what

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "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. >> 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 thought, i could do this. >> in a dangerous

. >> and amy 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, like, 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 broke 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's 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 show time. >> it's show time? >> exactly. >> a teenager. a father. a murder. no one would be the same. >> we're all, like, taken aback. >>> welcome to "dateline." he came to america as an adventuro

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >>> good morning and welcome to "street signs. i'm julianna tatelbaum with geoff tut more, these are your headlines. >> china's parliament secures a new law with hong kong it brings the territory more closely under government control as riot police continue to try and contain protests in hong kong >>> the eu commission unveils a 750 billion euro recovery fund executive vice president tells cnbc urgent health is needed >> no country is left behind in this proposal. what is left behind is the ability to this crisis due to the higher debt levels >>> lufthansa trades higher despite doubts over its bailout amid disputes with brussels. easy jet sees green amid the plan to cut up to 30% of its work force >>> shares of the skand avian airline says it needs more funding to fly with 95% of its fleet still grounded >> this has caused government to close their borders and make it impokt to conduct business it's also needed that governments step in to try to help to restore this industry. >> a warm welcome to "street signs. let's get right int

i'm natalie morales, thank you for watching. [music playing] welcome to "street signs." i'm julianna tatelbaum these are your headlines germany plans to lift its travel warning for 31 countries by mid-june sparking a rally in travel stocks already lifted by lufthansa's bail outdeal the nikkei lifts and the pboc vows to continue to support the chinese economy. >>> the bank of france governor who is also an ecb board member says the central bank's emergency purchasing plan needs to be flexible to be effective suggesting further bond buying could be on the way. >> if we can't to guarantee the maximum efficiency, we shouldn't be bound some capital banks should be able to buy more and others to buy less >>> the world health organization halts trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety certains as studies show it increases death and heart problems >>> happy tuesday, everybody and welcome to "street signs." let's kick off with a top story involving the travel sector. the german government plans to lift the travel warning by mid-june confirmed by cnbc sources. the new measures wil

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. [theme song] welcome to "street signs." i'm julianna tatelbaum these are your headlines european banks ride the state side rally after u.s. financial giants spike on jp morgan's view that his lender is very valuable at the current price >> raising 3 billion euros in capital. saying lenders will have to take action >> now we are in the preparation but this is a big thing for the banks. you know the action we are in before now are becoming entireliness to take intoation for the reduced amount >> renault rallies on a plan to revamp with a plan with nissan and mi and. >> in hong kong, legislators debate a controversial national anthem bill. >>> a warm welcome to "street signs" this morning. european markets have been open about an hour now. we've seen stocks advance. going about 40 basis points higher we saw the risk on trade come higher in europe, we had travel and leisure going about 20%. a lot of reopening of the economies and airways with germany coming into focus to lift its warning for travel around europe in mid-june. a

nbc's natalie morales has been following this story for us. >> hey, everybody. weekend, offering new details about her husband, nick cordero's week. >> nick suffered from some new lung infection in his lungs earlier this week. ♪ this world has gone crazy >> today marks eight weeks since the tony nominated actor and singer ended up in the er where he was diagnosed with covid-19 spending nearly six weeks in a medically induced coma, the fight for his life turning into a long battle fraught with serious complications, including mini strokes, holes in his lungs and blood clots that forced doctors to amputate his right leg. >> he's going to have like an awesome prosthetic i really do think he's going to be like 6'5" champion man. >> through it all, his wife of nearly three years sharing optimistic and candid updates. none more uplifting than the day cordero came out of his coma. >> nick, dada, is awake! >> reporter: others far more somber, like last week's news of a setback. >> unfortunately things are going a little downhill at the moment so i am asking again for al

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here is nbc natalie morales. >> nick, da da, is awake yay!ically induced coma, broadway star nick cordero, who has been battling coronavirus, is finally awake. >> our guy is coming back. he's coming back it's just -- it's just -- it's just so great. >> his wife, amanda, announced on social media tuesday with her 11-month-old son elvis by her side sharing that cordero is starting to follow doctor's commands and is slowly regaining strength. >> he's really, really, really weak, but you can tell that he's in there you can tell that he's trying. you can tell that he's hearing. >> the 41-year-old tony nominated actor has been fighting for his life at l.a. cedar sinai. he was diagnosed with covid-19 after his pneumonia got so bad he end up in the er on march 30th just days later he was put on a ventilator complications from the virus soon followed. cordero suffering from mini strokes, holes in his lungs, and blood clots that forced doctors to amputate his right leg. through it all, his family drawing support from fellow actors and people all over t

here's nbc's natalie morales. >> reporter: after several small wins in his long and difficult battleain fighting for his life. >> nick has had a bad morning. >> reporter: his wife giving this gut wrenching update on social media. >> unfortunately things are going a little downhill at the moment. so i am asking, again, for all the prayers, mega prayers. right now. >> reporter: the troubling news comes shortly after last week's bright spot, after more than 40 days in a medically induced coma cordero was finally awake. she didn't elaborate but their family has gone through two months of health scares and setbacks. he's a tony nominated actor and singer, starring in rock of ages in hollywood this past winter. a serious case of pneumonia led him to the e.r. on march 30th where he was diagnosed with covid-19. two days later cordero was in a medically induced coma and complications from the virus soon followed. the 41-year-old suffering from mini strokes, holes in his lungs and blood clots, forcing doctors to amputate his right leg. cordero's family drowned out the darkness with hope and a

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". ♪ >>> when i saw her, i lost concept of timereached in, pulled her out, and started screaming help. >> please! honey, wake up! wake up! >> it was the worst seconds in my life. >> how was it possible? >> i would give anything if she were alive today. >> such a sweet young wife and mom. such a shattering death. >> i cried all night long. >> he was downstairs with the kids. she was upstairs in the bath. then it happened. >> please! oh, please! >> how long has she been in here? >> i don't know. she was taking a bath. >> we didn't know if it was a tragic accident or something else. >> questions quickly swirled about a wife's secret. >> what did you do today? >> she did have an addiction to prescription pills. >> and a husband's story. >> she just flopped on the floor. >> was it an accident, or maybe murder? >> she said, i'm scared of him. >> the whispering started almost immediately, you're a murderer. >> when you're innocent, you don't think it can happen. >> just wait until the spell binding moment in court. [ screaming ] >> it is

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> we were in love. >> they were so happy at first. sharing a lover's perch high atop a cliff. but romance turned to danger. she fell from the edge. >> i would call this an accidental death. >> but whas it? >> she said if anything happens to me, you'll know who did it. >> a mystery of nearly 20 years heads into court. and the husband is on the precip precipes. >> did you kill your wife, jody? >> i did not. >> what happened on the cliff's edge? >> hello, and welcome to "dateline." when police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they weren't surprised. the place was known to be dangerous. but even they could not guess that it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. here's chris jansen. ♪ >> reporter: every couple has it. a shared song. a favorite movie. or maybe a special place. steven sharp says for him and his wife, jody, this was it. two rocks forming a lover's chair on the edge of a cliff. >> that was our spot. we would bring a couple of lawn cha

. >>> i'm craig melvin, i'm natalie morales, this is "dateline." >>> there's this pile of leaves, andelse 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.

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>> i am freaking out. i walk in and my sister's not there. her door is open, her lights are on, her bed's undone. everything was horrible. and i felt it. >> she had been fearless on the front lines in iraq. >> pretty amazing. i saw her as like a really strong soldier. >> but something had her terrified at home. >> i'm scared. i don't feel safe. >> a desperate call to police. and then she vanished. something made her pretty scared. >> yes. >> no way to say what that was. >> right. >> what had happened to this beautiful army sergeant? the question would launch a spellbinding mystery. >> there were a number of potential suspects, absolutely. >> was a killer out there? >> she was in danger. >> could police catch him? they hatched a plan of virtual genius. >> one of the detectives said, you're not going to believe this. >>> welcome to "dateline". maribel ramos was a fighter. joining the army and doing two tours overseas. here is john mankiewicz with "mystery in orange county." >> orange county, california. on t

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> we were like sisters, we had shared so much. found her body and i just collapsed. she's dead because she was my friend. >> first, melissa disappeared. >> where is melissa? >> that's the million dollar question. >> absolutely never made it into her house. >> left behind in her garage, signs of a struggle and strange orange mist. >> didn't know what it was. >> boss went missing too.

. >> andi' i'm natalie morales. >>'m and this is "dateline". >> we the jury find the defendant guilty. >> you actually think they read the wrong verdict. >> you feel so wrong and hopeless. >> it's like a shot in the chest. >> despair to hope. darkness to light. a fight for freedom. >> what happened to this teenager could happen to any one of our children. >> at 18, he was arrested for murder. adamant he was innocent. >> i had nothing to do with this. i swear to god. >> so what could possibly have led to this? >> you stabbed her, didn't you? >> why would he confess to something he didn't do? >> why would he? what really happened during that police interrogation? >> i can't lie about the evidence. >> i can't lie to you about thit but the officer is lying about lying. >> an extraordinary look inside. the interview room. >> i was scared. i was shaken. >> this was one of the most intense interrogations i have wa ever seen. ♪ >>> welcome to "dateline". how could you confess to a crime you didn't commit? it seems to defy l

. >> and i'm natalie morales, and this is dateline. >>> i said have you ever contemplated committing the perfect murder, and he said, yes. the key element to that is making sure that someone is caught. once they have somebody they'll stop looking and that's how you can get away. >> a cold-blooded killing. a victim worth millions and all kinds of conflicting clues. >> i've never had a case this complicated before. >> police following multiple leads until. >> he asks who's that, and he says he's my neighbor, he lives two floors below. >> a suspect under arrest. >> having someone just take him away -- sorry. >> case closed or was it? could there be something else or someone else they'd missed? >> there were so many parts of the puzzle that were not adding up. >> someone had pulled the trigger, but had someone else pulled the strings? >> he was the type of guy that could take bad luck and turn it into a fortune. >> hello and welcome to dateline. they were neighbors living large in a salt lake city loft building, a sophisticated crowd who enjoyed mixing business with pleasure. and then th

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." ♪ >>> he said he couldn't handle talking about iti was angry at him. if you're not going to tell me what happened, then you're going to dance around the issue and tell three different stories, what are you hiding? >> it started as a teen romance. >> two of my girlfriends are like, there's this guy, and you need to meet him. >> i was in love, yes. >> it ended in one of the strangest love stories you'll ever hear. >> i felt like i got hit by a bus. >> right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. >> they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? >> two families in a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. >> he looks like he's been shot. he said someone broke in last night. >> a deadly attack in the dark of the night. her mother murdered. >> i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. >> his father bruised and bewildered. >> i don't remember anything else, other than waking up in the morning. >> was it a robbery? >> the television's on. >> or was it someth

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> she was a married mother of two. >> she was a kindergarten teacher. >> there was nothing about her life that would raise any red flags. >> she amazed them all. her whole group of girlfriends at the gym. >> she was totally dedicated. >> heather, turn around. you've gotten smaller. >> a stunning 200-pound weight loss. and a whole new life came with it. >> you could see that transformation. you could see the confidence in her. >> then, she was gone. missing at school. >> i called all the girlfriends. >> we're going to find you one way or the other. >> the clues. an e-mail to her husband. and a secret she was reluctant to share. >> kind of a bombshell. heather was possibly seeing another man. >> what was really behind her sudden disappearance? that would be the most mind-blowing twist of all. >> do you think that heather would still be alive if she hadn't gone through this transformation? >> gosh -- >>> welcome to "dateline." heather jones, a motivational teacher had shed pounds and her past. she was starting to live the life of whic

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is >>> you have one that got away? >> he was my first love. >> the guy who disappeared, kbept in her case, he really disappeared. >> he's going to call ne a couple days. he never called. >> his family, in agony. >>> a rookie detective finally broke the case. >> i said, oh my gosh, i think i hit pay dirt. strange phone call revealed a secret. >> david needed to be gotten rid of. >> then we got the real story. >> a bomb shell revelation. was she really a bereaved ex? >> i always loved him. >> or just maybe a black widow. >> barbara britten is the middle. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to "dateline." for jeers, judy carlson lived in the most painful kind of limbo. her son david disappeared without a trace. the case went unsolved, sitting cold for more than a decade. digging into david's past, she uncovered a twisted tale of love gone bad and a grisly family secret. but the detective still needed to know, what motive was at the heart of this crime? here is keith morrison with "buried secrets." >>> it's a strange thing that happen

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is >>> you have one that got away?uy who disappeared, kbept in her case, he really disappeared. >> he's going to call ne a couple days. he never called. >> his family, in agony. >>> a rookie detective finally broke the case. >> i said, oh my gosh, i think i hit pay dirt. strange phone call revealed a secret. >> david needed to be gotten rid of. >> then we got the real

. >> and i'm natalie morales, and this is dateline. >>> i said have you ever contemplated committingyes. the key element to that is making sure that someone is caught. once they have somebody they'll stop looking and that's how you can get away. >> a cold-blooded killing. a victim worth millions and all kinds of conflicting clues. >> i've never had a case this complicated before. >> police following multiple le

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> we were like sisters, we had shared so much. they told me they had found her body and i just collapsed. she's dead because she was my friend. >> first, melissa disappeared. >> where is melissa? >> that's the million dollar question. >> absolutely never made it into her house. >> left behind in her garage, signs of a struggle and strange orange mist. >> didn't know what it was. >> boss went missing too. >> who was he afraid of? >> bullet in my head. >> left behind a bigger mess. >> we three kings be stealing the gold. >> missing fortune. >> $1 billion, $1.5 billion. >> missing woman. >> we have no clues, no leads. >> this had a twist to it. >> two crimes, one for money, one supposedly for love and behind both, lingering mystery. >> just so ugly and wrong and i can't fix it. ♪ >> welcome to "dateline." hot shot florida attorney melissa lewis was living large in fort lauderdale but then her seemingly charmed life ended in tragedy, her body discovered in a drainage canal, she had been murdered but who would want her dead? with few c

. ♪ and i'm natalie morales., no, he did. just go check. they come back and tell me, [inaudible] husband didn't make it. craig melvin (voiceover): two women reaching down a texas highway. she saw me and then made the u-turn. craig melvin (voiceover): bonnie, the mistress, in one lane-- i looked through my rear-view mirror and it was francis. craig melvin (voiceover): --francis, the wife, in the other. i get her little finger--

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>> 96 kpke with the bird and the bee. >> i had a huge crush on him. he had this amazing voice. >> very gregarious, very charismatic. i think the passion he had for people came through. >> reporter: he was the guy the whole town woke up to, morning dj steven b. >> he was so funny and he had such a great love of music. >> he's loveable. i mean, everybody loves steven b. >> reporter: but soon it was fatally clear that not everybody did. >> they came upon a body floating in the water. >> shot him one time in the back of the head. >> i felt like i was in some made-for-tv movie. it's like "this can't be happening." >> reporter: what did happen? the hunt is on. a gleaming yacht. >> i thought, "why did you get on that boat?" >> reporter: a scheming businessman, and a missing fortune. >> you're a multi-millionaire and you don't have any money. >> from hi seas adventure to heart-stopping murder. >> i don't think i'll ever get another case quite like this. >> hello and welcome to "dateline". steven b. williams was a man with a golden voice.

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline" >>> i don't know what it is about my mom thate heart of so many people. there's just something to her that people connect with. what was so beautiful about her it made her a target, too. >> she was the queen of the million dollar listing, the real estate broker who sealed the deal. >> her customers love her. >> hands down the most genuine person you've ever met. >> she

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> i could not believe it.ine anyone that would ever want to hurt her. i had no idea what could've happened. >> married to her high school sweetheart, family meant everything to her. >> there was always a lot of talk about children. she wanted grandchildren, fast. >> but it all went up in smoke the night she died in a mysterious and monstrous inferno. >> it was to the right of the mattresses that we found the remains of

. >> 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 them there was a robber. >> all they told us was there was an intruder. >> their home, so deep in the woods, now shrouded in a mystery even deeper. >> this is a real who done it? >> very much so. >> police had suspects. >> i remember kelley 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. >> something is not right here. something is wrong. >> and then someone remembered a phone call and a fib. >> i pulled up my phone and i'm like, that's strange. >> a killer living two lives. >> everything you thought you knew was all a lie. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to "dateline." kelley and tom clayton's seemingly happy life together came to an 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 cla

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." .ned that she was hurt somewhere. i felt so helpless. andrea canning: kelli bordeaux was always there for others. olivia cox: she liked to help people that needed help. andrea canning: there for her friends, there for her country. this was a good fit for her, the army? she wanted to be an officer. andrea canning: her personal life was a little more complicated. she was estranged from her husband. were they talking divorce? kelli was. mike wasn't.

. ♪ and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." i walk in, and my sister's not there.felt it. craig melvin (voiceover): she'd been fearless on the front lines in iraq. pretty amazing. i saw her as a really strong soldier. craig melvin (voiceover): but something had her terrified at home. craig melvin (voiceover): a desperate call to police, and then she vanished. something made her pretty scared. yes. josh mankiewicz: there's nothing to say what that was.

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline" >>> i don't know what it is about my mom that has captured the heart of so many people. there's just something to her that people connect with. what was so beautiful about her it made her a target, too. >> she was the queen of the million dollar listing, the real estate broker who sealed the deal. >> her customers love her. >> hands down the most genuine person you've ever met. >> she headed out to show a house that day and never made it home. >> i'm texting her, i'm calling her. >> oh gosh, what's happened here? >> something's wrong. >> was she in danger? was someone behind this? >> it's beverly. i haven't been hurt. please don't call the police. if you call the police, it could be bad. >> you can hear how scared she was. >> suddenly, an all-out manhunt. >> this is like a movie, this chase and this kidnapping. >> oh, yeah. >> could anyone reach her in time? >> i had to be strong for everybody. i had to be. >> emotions are just everywhere. >> i know she pleaded. i know she pleaded. >> did you find her? is she alive? >>> welcome t

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." d sweet. she's just angelic.ether, they had a little girl, sidney when their marriage fell apart, his wife's family closed ranks. in their view, sidney was their property. craig melvin: one day, he went to pick up his little girl for a visit and was never seen alive again. he died right there. craig melvin: but who would kill a devoted dad? the unbelievable choice, he was golden girl wife, or

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>> i felt guilty.at. 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. >> 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.

. >> andi' i'm natalie morales.d this is "dateline". >> we the jury find the defendant guilty. >> you actually think they read the wrong verdict. >> you feel so wrong and hopeless. >> it's like a shot in the chest. >> despair to hope. darkness to light. a fight for freedom. >> what happened to this teenager could happen to any one of our children. >> at 18, he was arrested for murder. adamant he was innocent. >> i had nothing to do with this. i swear to god.

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>> 96 kpke with the bird and the bee. >> i hadhis amazing voice. >> very gregarious, very charismatic. i think the passion he had for people came through. >> reporter: he was the guy the whole town woke up to, morning dj steven b. >> he was so funny and he had such a great love of music. >> he's loveable. i mean, everybody loves steven b. >> reporter: but soon it was fatally clear that not everybody did. >> they came upon a body floating in the water. >> shot him one time in the back of the head. >> i felt like i was in some made-for-tv movie. it's like "t

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". ♪ >>> when i saw her, i lost concept of time her out, and started screaming help. >> please! honey, wake up! wake up! >> it was the worst seconds in my life. >> how was it possible?

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>> i am freaking out.in and my sister's not there. her door is open, her lights are on, her bed's undone. everything was horrible. and i felt it. >> she had been fearless on the front lines in iraq. >> pretty amazing. i saw her as like a really strong soldier. >> but something had her terrified at home. >> i'm scared. i don't feel safe. >> a desperate call to police. and then she vanished. something made her pretty scared. >> yes. >> no way to say what that was. >> right.

for "today" natalie morales, nbc news, los angeles. >>> well, after a seven-week coronavirus lockdown celebrate. there he goes, mayor jim bolt insisting on being the very first one to bungee jump off that bridge, reopening the town's tourism industry. >> that was gutsy. >> it looked fun from a distance. >> from a distance. >> from here >>> we've got the news covered how about a couple morning boosts for you, a tampa florida family likes to end those long days of distance learning, they have these family jam sessions they bring down the house. here's colt clark, and the quarantine kids, covering one of their favorite beatles classics you know me one thing i can tell you is you've got to be free ♪ ♪ come together right now >> boy, daddy colt has pipes, lead vocals, 6-year-old bellamy is stealing the show up front. they try to learn and post a song every day dancing in the dark to sweet home alabama so many people stuck at home and they have a captive audience so, you know -- >> she's got moves. >> she sure does. >> talented, right, someone sent me that from our station in los angeles. i

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> we were in love. >> they were so happy atanger. she fell from the edge. >> i would call this an accidental death. >> but whas it? >> she said if anything happens to me, you'll know who did it. >> a mystery of nearly 20 years heads into court. and the husband is on the precip precipes