i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>. to hear that news and realizing that it's amber. how could that be? her life was just beginning. >> amber meet friends for life. >> there was just no trying with our friendship. it just. was >> but that life didn't last long. >> amber is on the floor, face down, and she has a plastic bag wrapped around her heads. >> it still is open, the door is open. >> most people who rob a store don't kill anybody. >> my whole world just died right there. >> for months, the murder stayed cold. >> didn't have witnesses, didn't have video, didn't have the any. we had everything going against us. >> we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. >> then a break. another victim. >> he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. >> and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? >> something is going to happen tonight. >> a killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. >> he just reached over the glove compartment and h

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. ng >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. this is dateline. >> i know my sister would've fought. we used to tell each other that if someone ever tried to hurt us that we would do everything we can to leave something behind so the other one can figure it out. i believe that she was murdered. >> this is a very bizarre death. >> it was baffling from the start. a young woman dead at her millionaire boyfriends mention. >> 9-1-1 what are you reporting? >> i got a girl, hung herself. >> my heart started racing. >> you found her. >> i did. >> they ruled it a suicide, but was it? >> at the scene knives rose, a cryptic phrase. >> her hands were tied, she was naked. >> this was sending a message. >> that wasn't the only suspicious death here. >> no mom wants to hear that her son was a victim of homicide. something happened at the top of the stairs. >> what really went on in that mansion. hear from the man at the center in his first television interview. >> you thought you had nothing to hide? >> i knew i had nothing to hide. >> the wors

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> horrible. knowing the person that you love is dead. and then your being looked at for it. >> imagine, your shaken in the dead of night. >> my ears were ringing. i thought i was dreaming. >> in bed, right next to you. your husband, murdered. >> hearty wrap around your head, is it? >> yes. >> and here's the twist. you are the suspect.

i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> he wasn't my biological child, but my heart, you can't tell that to my heart. i love that boy. it's not fair thought he was taken from his children or from his family. >> jesse fell for vince a man in uniform holding the fort during his long deployments. >> my hat goes off to all military wives, it's not easy. >> it's not. >> she was a good mom. she loved the kids. >> we're united at last, they celebrated. then, on the drive home -- >> there was a car there, stranded. >> vince tells his wife that he's going to check on him. >> i heard two three popping sounds. >> he was laying there with what appeared to be several gunshot wounds to the head. >> her father, father of five, dead. >> i want my mommy. and i want my kids. >> no one could understand it. >> the type of person that he was, i don't think you ever had an enemy. >> or did he? >> he said we are now in debt to bad people. >> we knew that there was another person that needed to be looked at. >> a winding in

thank you for watching >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. and >> this is "dateline". >> my mom found her. she said it looked like she might have slipped in the shower. she was in the fetal position in this bathtub. >> you could see marks on jessica's neck. >> police said we're going to rule this as a homicide. >> detectives using new technology to view this crime scene and extreme detail. >> there's no forced entry. no tool marks. >> there was blood on the couch. >> who could've done this? >> they say that usually is someone close. >> an investigation focusing on friends and family. >> he brought up his association with a motorcycle gang. he came off as kind of a tough guy. >> we fooled around a little bit. just like, teasing, sibling teasing. i guess you can call. it >> he threatened to take out my whole entire family to get custody of our kids. >> wow. >> a chilling story. danger and duplicity. >> we were trying to figure out who did this. he knew the whole time. >> this is the ultimate betrayal. >> hello and welcome to "dateline". >> jess

i'm natalie morales.dateline. >> she is and will always be my sister. i don't know what happened to her. i don't get to say goodbye. it was awful. it makes your whole world follow part. >> if you took her, please just let her come home. >> her name is heather elvis. it was news nationwide when she vanished. >> she had a new job. she was going on a first date. >> it was overwhelmingly horrible. >> where she at? >> police work the clues, her car abandoned. >> i was scared to death. >> a mysterious caller captured on camera. >> why would this person call from a payphone, in the middle of the night? >> then came the secret. >> she was married. >> rumors about her being pregnant. >> she truly did believe that she was gonna leave his wife. >> anger, betrayal, revenge. >> a bomb exploded. it was world war three. >> this crazy love triangle, create napping, potential murder. >> yes. >> this is heather's life or talking about. >> terrifying. when you see your parents hurting, you wish that you could take all their

i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> how am i doing right now? if i had to put it into one word -- numb would be the closest. >> she was a young actress starring in the role of a lifetime. a mystery. >> you never heard a gunshot? >> no. >> one of her friends was dead. >> there's been a bodice covered in sam's apartment. >> it's so hard. she was 23. >> another friend was missing, and wanted. >> you've got a dead woman in his apartment. this guy is potentially very dangerous. >> we were pretty confident he was our guy. >> two mysteries to solve, but one evasive witness. >> rachel didn't tell us the day before. >> i told the truth to the best of my capability. >> police wondered had another murder been planned? >> they said if he would have gone back that day, they wanted to kill him. >> did rachel have a secret and would she keep it? >> this is as diabolical as any case i've ever seen. >> or was the curtain about to close? >> rachel is kind of the last piece? >> correct. >> they're trying to s

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> horrible. knowing the person that you love is dead. and then your being looked at for it. >> imagine, your shaken in the dead of night. >> my ears were ringing. i thought i was dreaming. >> in bed, right next to you. your husband, murdered. >> hearty wrap around your head, is it? >> yes. >> and here's the twist. you are the suspect. >> it's the worst feeling, thinking you're gonna be blamed for your husband's death. >> could she have been the killer? or, with someone keeping a secret? >> he said, what did you do. what did you do? >> i don't know what to tell you. >> just of the truth. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline". it's the stuff of nightmares. and a traitor creeps into your bedroom in the middle of the night and opens fire. but for melissa oxley, the bad dream was all too real. she told investigators she'd been startled from her sleep to find her husband, ben, dead from a gunshot blast. it seems streams, they thought, that no one else in the house was hurt. including melissa, who was sle

i'm craig melvin, >> and i'm natalie morales >> and this is deadline. >> i'm here. asking for help. >> it was like hearing a ghost, a voice from beyond the grave. >> there is no way i can go back. >> can she help solve her own murder? who >> so surreal. this is something that happens to other people, not to you. >> she was a dancer who married a dashing photographer. they seemed a perfect family until the bone chilling night she went missing. >> you could see the body underneath the snow. >> where was her husband that night? >> my attorney said you don't know the -- >> it seems like it's always the husband, right? isn't that what police usually say? except this time, they were not so sure. >> it's a who done it? i had three viable suspects. >> three possible suspects. the victim also had a boyfriend and he had a wife. >> everyone starts getting question. >> husband, boyfriend, jealous spouse. >> i said something like, i hope she rocks in hell. >> so what did happen that snowy white knight? see what you think. because the most important clue of all may be the victim'

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." 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 lagoon. >> i watch enou

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." >> and this is "dateline". >> a hopelessness. where did she go? who did she see? just want to know what happened to my sister. >> a young mother is missing and a case gone cold. >> it was so important to me to know the truth behind that evening. >> then, detectives had and aha moment to solve the case, they return to something you probably use every day. facebook. >> why don't you establish a facebook account? i thought that could accomplish a great deal. >> and that's when everything started to change. >> something happened to her. >> in court, you'll see it all come pouring out. a hidden crime and a son's heart pounding moment. >> this is a horrible crime. >> i'm glad we know the truth. >> carol lubahn was a restless young mom with two kids when she vanished from her southern california home. heartbroken, her loved ones assumed she had left at to start a new life. but as the years past, with no word from carol, a nagging suspicion took hold. was her disappearance the result of something more sinister? before investigators could

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> i just can't see someone why we knew would want to hurt her. >> how could this happen? how could this happen to someone that we knew? it's been very long 13 years. >> homecoming queen, hannah hill, was just 18 when she disappeared. everybody sweetheart. >> this is it happened to people like her. what? why? where? when >> and who? was it her boyfriend? they had fought before? >> did you verbally abuse her? >> yes. >> did you physically abuse her? >> yes. >> or was a another man in her life? they had been together the night she died. >> we kissed and stuff. >> did you have sex with hanna? >> no, i did not. >> more than 13 years would go by as hannah's family fought for that justice. two possible suspects. >> did you kill hannah hill? ? >> absolutely art. >> did your kid kill hannah hill? >> two trials. >> i was a wreck. it was just very intense. >> were there ever be justice for hannah hill? >> the truth always comes out. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline". hannah hill was an outgoing teenager with a future as bright as her smi

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> do you have one that got away? >> he's my first love. >> the guy who disappeared. except, in her case, he really disappeared. >> he's going to call me in a couple days. he never called. >> his family, in agony. >> i called everyone from oprah winfrey to "america's most wanted". >> a rookie detective finally broke the case. >> i said, oh my gosh. i think i hit pay dirt. >> a sweet strange phone call revealed a secret. >> david needed needed to be gotten rid of. >> then we got the real story. >> a bombshell revelation. was she really a believed ex? >> i always love david. >> or just maybe a black widow? >> however barbara britain is in the middle. >> hello and welcome to "dateline". four years, judy carlson lived in the most painful kind of limbo. her son david had disappeared without a trace. the case went unsolved. sitting called for more than a decade before rookie detective donna velazquez was assigned to investigate. digging into david's past, she uncovered a twisted tale of love gone bad. and a grizzly family s

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> this, the state line >> we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. >> i actually think they gave the wrong verdict >> you feel so wrong, and helpless >> despair, to hope. darkness, to light. a fight for freedom. >> what happened to this teenager [inaudible] >> we would talk, here and there she was a really nice person. >> and then something good ann 's two daughters, katie and wendy escaped. but, that left ann and little thomas, just three years old unaccounted for, somewhere upstairs >> we put the fire out, and then started to check the bedroom for occupants >> nothing good after that. upstairs, firemen found little thomas, on the floor, beneath the window, died of smoke inhalation. the chief felt his way through debris, lingering smoke and ruin. >> a crawled over to the bunk bed, that is where we found a victim, in the bunk bed. that person was secured in the bunk bed. both hands and legs were secured. >> tied up? >> yes, tied up. >> now, that put a different complexion on things. this was not just a fire. >> so, what did that tell you? >> right there

i'm craig melvin, and i'm natalie morales, and this is dateline. >> what god no, please, this cannot be real. >> a teenager, home alone in the night of terror. >> i would just stare out the window and try and figure out how scared she must of been. >> on her body, like a signature, a handprint in blood. >> it was a crime of passion. there's a lot of anger involved in this. >> but how long? because that handprint doesn't belong to the man police put in prison. >> the anger just surged through me. >> now, a mother turns detective. >> her words to me were, i just want to know what happened to my daughter. >> join in as she hunts for the killer and searches for the truth. >> i wanted to put my fist through the tv. >> it still brings the hair up the back of my neck. >> hello, and welcome to dateline. a confession can wake up murder investigation wide open. soon after 19 angie was found stabbed, a local named christopher tapp admitted he was one of her killers. police reported every grisly detail that convinced that they had cracked the case. but years later, there was someone else who tho

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> he says they watch over dead, jimmy, they do. >> risk your life? >> what if i get shanked, what if i get killed. >> to go undercover into one of the country's most dangerous prisons. >> once they stepped out the door, i was on my own. >> to help catch a killer. >> she had such a zest for life. >> young girls were being murdered. >> i can't imagine sending my daughter off to school and never seeing her again. >> and investigators needed help to get a confession. >> if anybody could pull it off, he would probably be the one to be able to pull it off. >> this snitch was different. he was already a convicted felon. if it worked, he could win his freedom. if it didn't, he could lose his life. >> they had your back. >> they had my back. >> least you thought. >> that's what i thought. hello and welcome to "dateline j jimmy king was offered a special deal, if he could get a confession, he could walk away a free man getting in was the easy part. getting out was much harder. here's leicester holt with "the inside man." >> two enemies who d

i'm craig melvin, and i'm natalie morales, and this is dateline. >> what god no, please, this cannotterror. >> i would just stare out the window and try and figure out how scared she must of been. >> on her body, like a signature, a handprint in blood. >> it was a crime of passion. there's

melvin>> i'm craig melvin >> anm natalie morales. >> and this is the line. >> >> this was an insane world that i was living in. i did what i had to do. >> what if you were ripped away from your family? >> you live in fear, it changes you. >> kidnapped by a killer? >> i came out of the back, just really messed up. >> held for years as a prisoner. and what if prosecutors never believed you? >> bobbi parker was not the woman she was betraying as yourself. >> absolutely. >> it was a mystery, with a mind-boggling twist. this wife and mom, taken hostage. was she really a hostage at all? >> their relationship was not one of kidnap or and victim, it was one of husband and wife. >> his prisoner, or his lover? >> i really do love you. sounds like a pretty heartfelt love letter. >> in this hour, she shares her side of the story. will you believe her? >> i was fighting for my life. >> hello, and welcome to you "dateline". i'm craig melvin. bobbi parker was a prison officials wife, a teacher, living a quiet life with her beautiful family in oklahoma. until the day she went missing. for more than ten y

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. u for watching >> breaking on msnbc. search efforts are paused at the site of the collapse condo in south florida, as crews get set to demolish the rest of the building. how tropical storm elsa, which is barreling towards the u.s. is complicating the situation. we'll talk to the mayor of surfside in just moments. >> the radical left continues to search for a crime, wreck lives, break laws, violate every principle of justice, fairness and liberty. >> donald trump lashing out at new york prosecutors for criminal charges brought against his company and longtime financial adviser. while also appearing to question whether the alleged tax schemes are even a crime at all. >> 11 armed individuals standing with long guns slung on an interstate highway, at two in the morning. certainly raises concerns. >> a bizarre situation in massachusetts raises questions about a little known extremist group that claims to not recognize u.s. law. who are the so-called rise of the moors and are they a threat? >> and a controversial decision to a

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i said, have you ever contemplated committingerfect murder? and he said, yes. the key element to that is making sure that someone is caught. once i have somebody, they will 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 is complicated before. >> police following multiple leads until -- >> we asked, who is that? he says he's my neighbor, he lives two floors below. >> a suspect under arrest. >> having someone you love just taken away. >> sorry...! >> case closed. where was that? could there be something else or someone else they must? >> there were so many parts of the puzzle that we're not adding up. >> someone had pulled the trigger. but had someone else pulls 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 and their salt lake city aloft building. a sophisticated crowd who enjoyed mixing business with pl

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> do you have one that got away? her case, he really disappeared. >> he's going to call me in a couple days. he never called. >> his family, in agony. >> i called everyone from oprah winfrey to "america's most wanted". >> a rookie detective finally broke the case. >> i said, oh my gosh. i think i hit pay dirt. >> a sweet strange phone call revealed a secret. >> david needed

i'm craig melvin and i'm natalie morales and this is dateline. >> i felt guilty.id, "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.

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >>> first up, florida officials keeping a close eye on hurricane elsa as it barrels toward the u.s. potentially complicating search efforts at the site of the surfside condo collapse. the death toll continues to rise. a nearby building has been evacuated. >>> dozens already lined up for donald trump's florida rally today. where he could address the bombshell indictment against his organization and its chief financial officer. >>> allyn weisselberger remains loyal to trump. the former president's niece predicts his kids could throw him under the bus. >> i think he would be surprised to learn that i don't believe my cousins would exert -- exercise that kind of loyalty because his relationship with them and their relationship with him is entirely transactional. so -- and conditional. >>> tensions rising within the republican party as liz cheney defies kevin mccarthy and joins the democrat-led investigation into the january 6th riot. the possible fallout and why sh

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> she is and will always be my sister.whole world follow part. >> if you took her, please just let her come home. >> her name is heather elvis. it was news nationwide when she vanished. >> she had a new job. she was going on a first date. >> it was

i'm craig melvin and i'm natalie morales and this is dateline. >> i felt guilty. i couldn't live with that.lt 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.s >> 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 would, she figured us? >> 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 u

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> all hit 96 kpke with the bird and the bee. voice. >> very gregarious. charismatic. the passion for people he had came through. >> he was the guy the whole town came up to. morning deejay steven bee. >> so funny. he had such a great love of music. he's lovable. everyone loves steven b.

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> all hit 96 kpke with the bird and the bee. >> i had a huge crush on him. he had this amazing voice. >> very gregarious. charismatic. the passion for people he had came through. >> he was the guy the whole town came up to. morning deejay steven bee. >> so funny. he had such a great love of music. he's lovable. everyone loves steven b. >> soon, it was fatally clear not everybody did. >> they came up on a body floating in the water. >> shot him one time in the back of the head. >> i was like, this cant be happening. >> what did happen? the hunt is on, a gleaming yacht. >> i thought, why did you get on that boat? >> a scheming businessman. and a missing fortune. >> you're a multimillionaire. and you don't have any money? >> from high seas adventure to heart-stopping murder. >> i don't think i will ever get another case quite like this. >> who killed the radio star? hello. and welcome to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. stans of steven b. williams'hit radio show woke up every morning to his golden voice. he was a deejay who foun

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." what evidence doesn't lie? it actually tells a story. >> you're there at the crime scene. >> you can almost recreate the crime. >> right there on the wall, a mystery scrawled in blood. three cryptic letters. what would you make of this? >> is that a word? is that a person? >> the clues pointed to so many directions that it was a total mystery. >> the case, the murder of a former model and flight attendant. >> when she got dolled up, oh my god, gorgeous. >> did she write these letters? was this a hint to who killed her? >> this is a message saying this is my killer. >> like you would see in a movie. >> and the ending, that was just like a movie, too. >> i can't believe what people do to each other. hello, and welcome to "dateline." >> roc, in this case, those three letters would tell a story all their own. when karen pannell was found murdered in her south florida home, the letters scrawled in blood above her body seemed like a beacon that could lead detectives to her killer. but what exactly did they mean? what

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." >> and this is "dateline". >> a hopelessness.missing and a case gone cold. >> it was so important to me to know the truth behind that evening. >> then, detectives had and aha moment to solve the case, they return to something you probably use every day. facebook. >> why don't you establish a facebook account? i thought that could accomplish

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

i'm craig melvin >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. a sprawling southern family farm with a pair of churchgoing grandparents at its heart. >> they are definitely the most loving individuals i've ever met in my life. >> there was no way it was supposed to end like this. >> she took me about a hand and said sugar and charlie have been murdered. >> the former church deacon, and his wife. who on earth would want them down? >> it does not make sense. they were loved by everyone. >> everyone, maybe. but their own daughter who admitted to a bitter, simmering dispute. >> it's been a long family feud. >> her stepfather won her dead so she could get her property back. >> evidence pointed to her boyfriend as an accomplice. >> you have that blood on your shoe, he was there. >> or, was he? >> no hair, no fingerprints, no dna. >> nothing. >> a once loving family now gripped by suspicion. >> i had a lot of people in my ear saying she did it. >> with the terrible truth rip them apart? >> this cannot be happening. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to dateline. a daught

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." what evidence doesn't lie?crawled in blood. three cryptic letters. what would you make of this? >> is that a word? is that a person? >> the clues pointed to so many directions that it was a total mystery. >> the case, the murder of a former model and flight attendant. >> when she got dolled up, oh my god, gorgeous. >> did she write these letters?

. >> but in an unexpected twist, the american squad finished second in the qualifying round natalie moralesnatalie, good morning >> reporter: hey, guys the good news as mike tirico said is the women go into the finals with a clean slate. one of the coaches and simone biles chalked up their performance to a case of nerves. now simone and her teammates have something to prove. >> oh, boy >> flips, steps, and a few extra bounces. >> oh. >> ooh >> reporter: leaving the spectacular women gymnasts of team usa in unfamiliar territory, second place. the team, led by simone biles, finishing a full point behind the gymnasts representing the russian olympic committee in qualifying round of competition, something that hasn't happened in more than a decade. >> i feel like we did a pretty good job, obviously. there are little things we need to work on so we'll go back and practice on that >> reporter: the entire team set back by unusual errors simone launching out of bounds and then veering to her side and stepping off the mat on vault. and on her beam dismount, deductions for extra steps on the landing.

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> he says they watch over dead, jimmy, they do. what if i get shanked, what if i get killed. >> to go undercover into one of the country's most dangerous prisons. >> once they stepped out the door, i was on my own. >> to help catch a killer. >> she had such a zest for life. >> young girls were being murdered.

>> who is that >> natalie >> of course >> natalie morales is power walking us through we went on a walkrywhere. and one of our producers, jen long who you guys know so well, she went out on her walk about today and found -- you're going to love this, hoda -- >> what? >> a hello kitty vending machine. >> no. what >> in japan, there are vending machines for everything and everywhere, but this is all hello kitty stuff. i immediately regressed to the age of 8 and she just brought me right now on set -- look, i've got to show you guys it came in this adorable little bag and she brought me this. actually, it's for vale. she says it's not for me it's for my 6-year-old. >> and what are you doing with your down time, with the time? >> what down time? mike tirico and i and been working so hard to get ready for the opening ceremony, which is going to be really touching and really special so i haven't had any downtime yet, except i did do some aerobics in my room. i expect you to join me next week, hoda >> you're the instructor we count on it can't wait to see you there over the weekend. >> tell ev

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> how am i doing right now?ung actress starring in the role of a lifetime. a mystery. >> you never heard a gunshot? >> no. >> one of her friends was dead. >> there's been a bodice covered in sam's apartment. >> it's so hard. she was 23. >> another friend was missing, and wanted. >> you've got a dead woman in his apartment. this guy is poll

i'm craig melvin >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline.ents at its heart. >> they are definitely the most loving individuals i've ever met in my life. >> there was no way it was supposed to end like this. >> she took me about a hand and said sugar and charlie have been murdered. >> the former church deacon, and his wife. who on earth would want them down? >> it does not make sense. they were loved by everyone.

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> he was like, i'm going to destroy you. the fear was terrible. i can't even describe it. it's a surreal thing. people thought i was dead. >> the attack was sudden and savage. >> i saw a man standing there. >> i heard multiple shots. >> the wife, the only witness. >> the only thing i could see was his eyes. >> her story was concerning about a masked man shooting her husband and leaving her alive. i'm worried, did she kill him herself? did she hire somebody? >> then a revelation. the dead man had a dangerous dream. >> we ended up finding a lot of people related to the oil business. >> i remember him telling us, i'm going to make millions of dollars. >> a big money venture oozing with outlaws. >> a violent individual, been to prison for robbery. big man. probably 250 pounds of steroided rock muscle. significant criminal history. >> greed is what killed my dad. greed is what caused all of this. >> a thirst for oil, a lust for blood. >> i trust aid con artist. i trusted a sociopath. >> wild, isn't it, what can happen to a quiet

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> this, the state line >> we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. >>l so wrong, and helpless >> despair, to hope. darkness, to light. a fight for freedom. >> what happened to

natalie morales is here with that story a lot of people thought her journey was over >> she was readyd be an comeback story. mykayla spent days cheering on her teammates. after she said what was an emotional farewell to her impressive run but if simone isn't able to compete, mykayla might come back on the competition floor >> a fantastic job >> reporter: just days ago, it looked like her olympic journey had run its course >> i'm an olympian no one can take that away from me >> reporter: the 24-year-old failing to qualify for an event final scoring behind simone biles and jade carey on vault, her best event the result leaving her heartbroken but proud she got this far >> to compete after all these years and everything i've been through and the trialingss and just to persevere and get to where i am has been incredible >> reporter: it turns out the utah native might not be finished just yet. a stunning turn of events for an athlete whose dreams always seemed just out of reach in 2012, mykayla wasn't selected to compete at olympic trials four years later, she was named an alternate to the

impress a girl how did that end up saving the life of a baby who wasn't even born at the time nbc's natalie morales the making. little arian delgaudo is alive because of dax hearst. but their connection will make you believe in the power of good will and fate. in the spring of 2018, dax hurst was a freshman at arkansas state university >> i was talking to a girl at the time and she actually said something about going and signing up at a booth that was on campus. so i decided to go with her, you know, kind of to impress her >> reporter: that booth was a registry for dkms, a stem cell donor center it was a simple cheek swab meant to impress a girl. little did dax know that would change more than just his life just over a year later, mariano and victoria were celebrating the birth of their beautiful baby boy, arian. >> we were sent home with what seemed to be a perfect baby boy. >> reporter: the euphoria of a healthy baby boy lasted just three days then victoria and mariano received a phone call no parent wants. >> i dropped to the floor, right? i was completely devastated. >> reporter: arian had been

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