i'm natalie morales. rocked by the death of one of its rising stars. the cause, as sinister drug most people had never even heard of. now, the question, who pace for introducing the deadly substance into the high school. the victim's family was about to find out. here's kate snow with the conclusion of "one small dose." >> reporter: tara fitzgerald's friends and family had gotten a lesson they never asked for. one that came too late to save tara from a synthetic drug overdose. >> we're not taught how dangerous it really is and how unstable the chemicals can be. >> the kids don't know how deadly these drugs are. there's not enough information that's being pushed out to the public. you hear a lot about things like heroin and cocaine and meth. but something like these synthetics is far deadlier in tiny dosage. >> reporter: prosecutors handling the first synthetic drug death in woodbury now had five defendants, including three high school students. the two adults, who knew they were selling 25i and profited f

natalie morales, thank >> when my mom came in, she said, fix my hair. where is she?ething was really, really wrong. >> you look underneath, and saw what he thought appeared to be blood. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a high school beauty found that in the desert, bound. >> what did that say to you? >> a great deal of rage by someone. >> he was like your average high school student. tall, clean cut, polite. >> a teenager with two sites. >> he would yell at

i am natalie morales, see you next time.t we hoped wouldn't be true-- i just remember thinking that this can't be happening. >> why would this happen to her? was it someone she knows? >> there was some blood, on some tissues, there was a sweatshirt, she started crying >> this is so -- long >> there isn't no way, that he could do this. >> the fifth it was almost as if there was a witness in this case. you knew there was a myster

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. >> as you can they read the wrong verdict. >> you feel so 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've possibly led to this? >> you stab that women. >> why would he convince to something you didn't do? >> why would he? what's really happened during that police interrogation. >> the evidence shows you were there. i can lie about the evidence. >> i can't lie to you about this. the officers lying about lying. >> and extraordinary look inside the interview room. >> if you don't talk to me i can't keep -- >> this is one of the most intense interrogations i've ever seen. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to dateline. how could you confess to a crime you didn't commit? it seems to defy logic and common sense, but advocates say, it's happens for more o

i'm craig melvin and i'm natalie morales in 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 backyard. >> >> >>,,. >>. >>? >>. >>? >>. whoops >> welcome to dateline. i elite athlete who reached olympic heights taking home a bronze medal at the 1984 olympic games for dave holmes ventura county, california where he grew up wearing that his beautiful bride. jane said there was uproar and then gunfire. place found dave loud dead and troubling walls and jane story. here's keith morrison with the hometown hero and the homecoming queen. >> it was late when it happened, very late. too late. the sky had already fallen. no one saw it coming, no one heard

and i'm natalie morales. and this is dateline. >> it happens on tv, doesn't happen to your. family to your brother. but it does. >> no one thought it could happen to him. it was a tough guy, prepared for anything. >> y'all would say, anyone tries to break in here, all caleb. >> instead, he was killed. stabbed in his own home. >> you sure your dad's cool to the touch? >> his son and daughter in law stumbled into a terrifying scene. >> that's when i saw the gun. >> they said, we're going to have to kill you. >> now, a strange story that only got stranger. >> they had purple gloves on. >> and they had blue, fuzzy gloves. >> something isn't right here. >> could he have killed his own father? what really happened in that house? >> i did not do this. >> then, a witness came forward and changed everything. and this bizarre story, the strangest thing of all was the truth. >> he planned for any scenario. except for the one that happened to him. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline". ken mortensen was a strong minded man who had built fortune and a fortress to protect it. and then kay w

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline. " >> jodi became travis's drug. he very much recognized how bad she was for him. but she kept showing up in his life, and just like a drug addict he kept letting her right back in the door. >> her trial riveted the country. >> we the jury find the defendant as to count one, first degree murder, guilty. >> jodi arias, who brutally murdered her lover, was facing a possible death sentence. >> did he ever think that she would do what she did? who would think that? >> it was a steamy story of sex. >> we'd hang out, we'd have sex. >> lies. >> she's able to tell a lie. she believes the lie. >> and murder. >> he attacked me and i defended myself. >> after one of the most sensational and bizarre trials ever, hear the chilling details from her friends. >> did you see any cuts on her? >> tiny. little cuts. >> and his. >> he was very afraid of her. but every time he tried to break things off with jodi she'd threaten to kill herself. >> inside the jodi arias trial. >> this isn't a ride at disneyland. this is somebody who was tra

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> i have a lot of guilt still in me. it makes me sick how i could do something like that. i am the responsible one. >> a working mom, new at the office. she loved her job and really loved her handsome young boss. >> the thing that i never wanted to face was the hurt that i was going to cause. >> a passionate nine to five affair. the problem, she was married and so was he. >> i grabbed his face. i was like, you know what, i love you. i am not going anywhere. just tell me what happened? >> cheating husbands, scheming wives, suburbs are full of secrets but being unfaithful to your spouse isn't criminal. is it? that would come next. >> oh my god! >> it was like every emotion possible in one second. >> i went, oh my god. >> murder in the dark. who was behind it and who would pay? >> when you see him on the video, he's armed and ready. >> two couples, two families and this single moment that shattered it all. >> i knew one day that this was all going to come out. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. -- s

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is "dateline". >> and from high school put something on facebook.t. i couldn't believe it, it still doesn't seem real to me. >> the wedding was in the woods. >> a really nice, outdoor, forest wedding. >> a few years later, the marriage was in shambles. >> she wanted to have a clean divorce. >> then a call out of the blue. >> they were going to meet? >> yes. >> followed by a shot. >> the meeting was set up for someone to hit her. >> did they find the shooter? >> no. >> just vanished? >> vanished. >> who was this mystery man on a midnight mission? >> he brought everything that you would need to murder someone. >> turns out it was a gunman police. and maybe even you already know. >> i had seen the dateline previously. >> someone was hiding a secret. >> where is their smoke, there is fire. >> someone else couldn't keep one. >> she just started crying and said, it's all true. it's all true. >> and a conspiracy to kill is caught on camera. >> when we opened that email and saw that video, we were like, oh my gosh. >> a shot in the dark and a stunner in cou

ion of dateline, i'm crai i'm craig melvin, and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> i fell to the floor. and i just remember, she is, that she is dead. and i was so confused. i was like what's going on? what happens? >> a small texas town, to super close friends, and, a summer night in the park. >> they had this look out, and you can see the harbor bridge that up. it's really pretty when the stars are out. >> it was the next morning that they found it. >> i could see the two girls laying. there it was horrifying. there was duct tape on their mouse, on their hands. >> a mystifying scene. >> the only thing we have our cigarette beds and suspicion. >> dna would 0.1 way. >> it was like star you gotta take a look at. this >> a bombshell message would point another. >> i read a letter, and immediately knew this was something very important. >> a twisted trail leading to a sinister suspect. >> take some special kind of mind that wants to do something like that. >> to crack a case this kind of alluded, it might just take a miracle. >> that was extraordinary. >> i just couldn't

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> a mystery in los angeles. a missing woman. >> he said, cindy where's my mom? >> and i just instantly knew. and i just in michael, called the police, i'm on my way. >> a loving mother. >> always there for me. >> a beloved friend. >> she was just so easy to like. >> vanishes. >> some people something was very, very wrong. >> was she murdered? was it for her money? >> how much money did she have in the bank? >> i think it was over seven figures. >> or was it something more or someone else. >> it really threw him for a loop when he found out that my mom had met somebody else. >> police had a suspect and a case that was about to take an unbelievable turn. >> one of the most shocking things i have ever seen in a courtroom. >> hello and welcome to "dateline." deede keller had made a comfortable life for herself. a successful realtor in southern california, she lived in a charming neighborhood where she was surrounded by family and friends. then suddenly, deede disappeared. as her loved ones launched a frantic search,

[music playing] natalie morales: that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. [theme music] mad money. i'm jim cramer, see >>how much interest rates are going up. we have > rnings from a e two p weekggest for the u.s. economy. we will get the measure of consumer confidence, learn how much interest rates are going up, and see earnings from the two biggest companies. >>> new signals in the justice department's january 6th investigation. the key former trump insider who testified, plus the info from the january 6th committee that relate to donald trump. >> it's more evidence that he, first of all, set for three hours oing nothing. >>> the first special legislative session begins to consider more restrictions on abortionheadway today. they travel to canada to apologize for catastrophic abuse of indigenous children. . the details >>> pope francis travels to canada to apologize for catastrophic abuse of indigenous children. the detail in the reactions. >>> a survivor of a shooting that killed his family. >>> a fire burning near yosemite. >>> the

i'm craig madeleine, i'm natalie natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> it almost made me sick. i was on the floor. and then i kind of got myself together and i said, we have to go over there. i have to go over there. >> she was a commander who cared. >> i was like, when are you doing. and she says, i'm writing birthday cards to all my soldiers. >> her husband was a charming sergeant and devoted that. >> he was just as loving and doting as lyndon was. >> no one could believe it when this decorated officer was found dead in her own home. >> an army commander being murdered was unheard of. >> the first suspect, as usual, the husband. but this one had a rock solid alibi. >> it would have been very difficult for him to have committed this murder. >> this soldier have enemies off the battlefield? her brother in law had a grudge. >> rodney was going around calling her names, vulgar names. >> her husband had a girlfriend. >> roger was sitting with a young lady, and they were cut cuddled up. >> we found out that she was pregnant. >> who killed the commander? in a place where loyalty is

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. . >> he was a college student student. found on a lonely road in texas. >> we figured 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 try to prove it, another attack. >> he has got me by the throat and he's shaking me and he's yeg at me, telling me not to say a word. >> you're a prisoner in his apartment? >> yes. >> a college campus gripped by fear. a growing list of suspects. a growing list of victims, too. welcome to dateline. a killer was loose on the college texas town, leaving parents terrified. with a shocking discovery of jimmy hart's body, investigators were desperately trying to piece together the clues. was that young woman connected to her killer or did police have an active predator on their hands? here is andrea canning with the face of evil. >> looking back now, this woman almost didn't make it. >> i said, if you keep doing, th

for this edition of dateline, i'm i'm craig melvin >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> i could not believe it. i couldn't imagine anyone 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 >> was always a lot of talk about children. she want to grandchildren, fast. >> but it all went up in smoke the night she died in a mysterious and monstrous inferno. >> who is 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 screenshotted. >> yes. the obvious suspects. neighborhood. thieves >> there were half a dozen house burglaries unsolved. >> investigators also dug into a favorite theory, a husband. it >> i was angry. i felt that the detectives were on a manhunt and they were after my dad. >> then a pop to text the might just be a clue. >> you could say maybe she's driving events here. >> that's correct. >> the truth, beyond twisted.

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline! >> we were like sisters. we had chaired so much. they told me they had found her body and i collapsed! >> she's dead because she was my friend. >> first, melissa disappeared. >> where watch? a >> million dollar question. >> i knew right then that she absolutely never made it in her house. >> left behind her garage, signs of a struggle and a strange orange mist. >> we did not know what it was. >> then her boss went missing to! >> who is he afraid of? >> he was might be afraid that he was next. >> someone would put a bullet in my head. >> he left behind a bigger mess. >> we kings be stealing the gold. >> a missing fortune. >> ballpark, a billion and a billion and a half dollars. >> a missing daughter. >> we have no clues, no leads. >> some wondered, was there a length? >> this had a twist to. it >> two crimes, supposedly for love. and behind both? a lingering mystery. >> it's just so ugly and so wrong. that i can't fix it. >> welcome to dateline! hot shot florida attorney melissa lewis was really large in fort

thank you fo i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline!ired so much. they told me they had found her body and i collapsed! >> she's dead because she was my friend. >> first, melissa disappeared. >> where watch? a >> million dollar question. >> i knew right then that she

i'm craig madeleine, i'm natalie natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> it almost made me sick.i have to go over there. >> she was a commander who cared. >> i was like, when are you doing. and she says, i'm writing birthday cards to all my soldiers. >> her husband was a charming sergeant and devoted that. >> he was just as loving and doting as lyndon was. >> no one could believe it when

natalie morales, thank >> when my mom came in, she said, fix my hair. where is she? because she isn't funny. and the bottom of my heart, i knew something was really, really wrong. >> you look underneath, and saw what he thought appeared to be blood. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a high school beauty found that in the desert, bound. >> what did that say to you? >> a great deal of rage by someone. >> he was like your average high school student. tall, clean cut, polite. >> a teenager with two sites. >> he would yell at her. he would be pushing her around. >> a puzzle seemingly solved, then long apart. >> we recorded that conversation, then it was dynamite. >> mckayla was on the ground, and she wasn't really moving. >> to unravel the mystery, investigators would follow a trail through high school hallways, teaming the secrets and schemes. >> the hatred grew more and more and more. >> the whole idea became a horrible idea. a bad idea that went very, very bad. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> he waves at you from miles. the big neon cowboy. wendover whale is what they call him, and it was his job for more than 60 ye

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline. " ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> she had missed a meeting ander, 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. >> wow. >> i watch enough "dateline" to know that's probably not a

i am natalie morales, see you next time. natalie morales, se she was an amazing mother, everything that we hoped wouldn't be true-- i just remember thinking that this can't be happening. >> why would this happen to her? was it someone she knows? >> there was some blood, on some tissues, there was a sweatshirt, she started crying >> this is so -- long >> there isn't no way, that he could do this. >> the fifth it was almost as if there was a witness in this case. you knew there was a mystery man out there. >> there was someone else involved >> i couldn't sleep, i couldn't eat. >> who's side do you believe? >> this is getting really scary. >> green bay was constant, home of the legendary packers. a place where folks love their sunday football, and a great knock down on lambeau field. but in 2018, after the football season and ended. the city had became transfixed by a new battle of sorts. one that played out, not on the grid iron. instead, in a courtroom. a murder case where nothing was as it seemed. a who done it, featuring of

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> he was definitely charismatic. >> he was the new kid in town, super popular, all about adventure. >> this kid was like awesome. >> he jumped right in the culture. >> he liked to show off to the girls. >> they were the neighbors, just down the block, of family in fear. >> they 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, he's coming after me. >> in a flash, it was over. >> that charismatic kid dead on the floor. >> fits -- it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour. >> what happened in that garage that night? >> it was 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 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 exchange student, but he took one risk too many and it cost him his life. was his death a c

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is "dateline". >> and from high school put something on facebook.t. i couldn't believe it, it still doesn't seem real to me. >> the wedding was in the woods. >> a really nice, outdoor, forest wedding. >> a few years later, the marriage was in shambles. >> she wanted to have a clean divorce. >> then a call out of the blue. >> they were going to meet? >> yes. >> followed by a shot. >> the meeting was set up for someone to hit her. >> did they find the shooter?

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. . >> he was a college student student.road in texas. >> we figured 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 kill

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> one of the investigators brought somebody over to me saying this is our crime advocate. i was stealing myself for it already, because of the massive police presence. >> they said that they believe that he had been murdered. >> craig rideout, that of seven, care deeply about his kids. >> he was a loving man. provider, warm. >> so, it was puzzling and alarming when he vanished. >> to say craig is not. here i said that's weird. >> i didn't know what was. happening >> i know something is wrong. i don't know how wrong. >> a disturbing discovery in the basement. >> articles found on the walls. >> he appeared there was some kind of ambush. >> revelations about craig's wife. >> craig didn't want to be. there was a romantic relationship between them. it became painfully obvious that there was. >> and in the park, two young men acting strangely. >> they identified alexander right out. >> the victims to? since >> the victims to. sounds >> finally, a string of security videos would lay their the bone chilling truth. >> a diabolical plan is fo

. >> i'm craig melvin >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. ♪ ♪ ♪ a sprawling southerny 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 diane 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 daughter, battling her demons and

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. [music playing] tomorrowthe news with shepard s starts now >>> . markets sore, but why? i am shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc. interest rates raised again. the fed gives us a new outlook on inflation and the risk of recession. >> we need a period of growth. >>> and manufacturers on capitol hill after the series of mass killings. >> these murders are local problems that have to be solved globally. >> if a company really care that its product were using to kill, they would stop selling. jack the deal to release brittney griner and paul we'll end, this gun trafficker in trade. russia's reaction with the basketball star set from her cage in court. what one month until college football. high school players now looking for cash and the coach who says they have legalized cheating. >>> a possible nancy pelosi trip to taiwan. jack sentencing for the final two cops involved in george floyd's arrest. >>> social media users push back against platform changes. >> live from cnbc , the news w

and >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> he said he couldn't handle talking about it. i 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 and 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 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. >> was it darker? >>

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. [music playing] >>> water everywhere. up to a third of grain. >> this came up very quickly. the forecast for st. louis. a warning from the international monetary fund. a global recession's what new earning reports from the company tell us. mike riley. conservatives must focus on the future. focusing on 2020. 4 caged and cuffed in a russian court with a message for her white. >>> 90 new science of finding missing people. >>> honoring a world war ii veteran from a segregated mail unit. >>> good evening. st. louis that more rain today than it gets on average in july and august combined. two months of summer rain in one morning. it came up people slept with a fury. the rainfall started very dangerous and catastrophic flash floods. the storm roared across the region. multiple systems lined up like train cars writing a rail from the west. one after another some areas that more than 12 inches of rain in just six hours. the old record for rainfall in st. louis was set -- i'm sorry. 1950. the remnants of a hurricane came over the

i'm craig melvin and i'm natalie morales in this is dateline.ne 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

and i'm natalie morales. and this is dateline. >> it happens on tv, doesn't happen to your.d happen to him. it was a tough guy, prepared for anything. >> y'all would say, anyone tries to break in here, all caleb. >> instead, he was killed. stabbed in his own home. >> you sure your dad's cool to the touch? >> his son and daughtein

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> there's this pile of leaves, and it's where everythingear and flat. my heart is racing 1 million miles an hour. i was using my boots to move leaves, and that's when i screamed this blood curdling scream. >> -- corporate exactly may time for romance and her three daughters -- >> she was the best mom and then she disappeared, dozens joined the search. >> we need to come home. >> then, they found her. >> logical 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 tape. >> let me out of this room. >> it's absolutely a torture to listen to. >> and woul

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> i learned that he was arrested. i was shocked.s real. >> the rarefied world of the ivy league, he was the total package. a star student, gifted athlete, wildly popular. >> he's one of the nicest guys ever! >> no one could understand how all weekend visit to his parents house -- >> did you say you

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> oh, god, please. >> ma'am, okay. >> oh, god. >> ma'am. >> i just knew that she was gone. >> she was a bright young mom-to-be. >> she was beautiful. confident, strong. >> it was the smile that got me. >> moving on from a messy divorce jumping into a new romance. no one could believe it when they found her. >> they're saying it was a homicide. >> then police found something else. revealing recordings. >> everything changed like instantly. it's weird. >> brittany is essentially speaking from the grave. >> you could see the emotions she went through. >> could she point police to her killer? >> i am scared to death. all at once just in a flash your life just changed. >> hello, welcome to "dateline." it started with a little flirtation in the office and bloomed into a full-blown romance. problem was, brittany eldridge was married to another man then brittany found out she was pregnant and it was just weeks before her due date that strategy struck. investigators would home in on the two men in brittany's life but was either capable of

and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> he was coming towards me with his arms raised.u doing? stop! >> they had a charmed life by the beach. suffered that -- >> he was a stunt,

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> i learned that he was arrested. i was shocked. i was so confused. i didn't think it was real. >> the rarefied world of the ivy league, he was the total package. a star student, gifted athlete, wildly popular. >> he's one of the nicest guys ever! >> no one could understand how all weekend visit to his parents house -- >> did you say you heard a shot? >> yes. >> ended in gunfire. >> he's already dead. >> who's already did? >> my husband. >> charlie told officers outside, he was gonna kill my mom, i had to do it. >> yes. >> a brave son protecting his mom. a harrowing story, but was it true? >> he seated behind a desk? >> yes. >> defenseless really. >> this seems to be an execution. >> was this campus hero actually a cold hard killer? >> defendants is an email to his returning to others, called showtime? >> or was a true something completely different. >> one of the things that was always in question was, was charlie covering up for someone else. >> a trial or nothing went by the book. >> three of the jurors were crying really hard. >

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> she was a rare gem to have as a friend, andful teen invites a friend to sleep over. the next morning, she's dead. >> oh, my god! i don't feel a pulse. >> what in the world happened? how could this be? >> turned out this was no ordinary slumber party. >> we know from their phones that this was a planned event. they had discussed it. they took pictures. >> stories surfacing of a

i'm natalie morales thanks for watching. [theme music] ininininininink it has starts now >> no leadership, no coordination the white house calls it devastating and unacceptable i'm shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc >> new video of the uvalde school massacre. >> we have to get in there >> what the police body cam reveals. >> get the kids out of here. >> and the uvalde community meeting tonight, as victims wait for answers. >> another deadly mass shooting at a mall in indiana >> i grieve for these senseless killings >> the victims, the shooter, and the bystander who gunned him down >> steve bannon's trial begins for refusing to testify to the january 6th committee. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow >> will the former aide to then-president trump be punished >> battle lines drawn in arizona. former vice president pence backs a challenger to president trump's candidate for governor >> plus, new reporting from wyoming on congresswoman liz cheney's uphill primary fight. >> extreme heat waves sweep the world, melti

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> i tell people it's the miracle of facebook. >> all i did was put just one sentence. one sentence. >> it's not often that you get to be a hero. >> i got halfway through this again and went, oh my god. >> the murder happened in seconds. >> onewas coming straight for me with a gun leveled at us. i never ran so fast in my life. >> the truth took decades. i said, you know what, give me a lie detector tests. >> i never believed it for one minute. never. >> did someone have it all wrong. were innocent men in prison for a murder they did not commit? a 22 year mystery until facebook helped old friends find each other and justice. >> did you ever imagine you would actually cause such a thing? >> not in 1 million years. >> together they uncovered an almost unbelievable truth -- >> it all made sense. none of us knew what happened that nice night. this all made sense. >> somebody seen it. somebody knew. >> all rise. >> now, they just had to get someone to believe them. >> oh my gosh. we're losing. oh my god, we're winning. >> we'll face wh

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> i am being followed, there are threats on my's a riveting mystery that started in a place of glamour. >> it became a destination for a rat packs, for frank sinatra -- >> and ended in a case of murder. the wealthy air to this legendary hotel, dead. >> he was my father. he was the only father i ever knew. >> now, police said she was

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that's what he was trying to do, protectamily. that is all he ever wanted to do. >> even when the man was dying, that is what he was doing. >> a quiet family night at home, shattered by intruders. >> the gun was right here. >> a devoted father and husband, dead. >> she just kept saying, they killed him. >> someone murdered her husband, but left her alive. and that left police suspicious. was it possible that she was involved in her husband's murder? >> the indicators are, in cases like this, that it is the spouse, not a random act. >> but why would she kill a man that she obviously loved? >> they never fought, they were very happy. this was a family fair all right, but it was another family, keeping secrets. >> ever see anything like that before? >> no. >> one father who fought to save his son, another who used his son to save himself. >> he is a monster. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ hello, and welcome to dateline. joe morrissey was a respected scientist who loved his work. that is where he met k, we shared his pass in, and would eventually bec

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> i was shocked. things just didn't add up. >> it was the last place you would expect to find a gruesome crime scene. quiet neighborhood. a lovely home. this friendly couple. >> i think it's hard not to love tammy. >> they were very happy. very happy. >> it seemed to be a simple case of a robbery gone horribly wrong. >> we realize that he was dead or dying. >> but nothing about this case with simple. not the marriage and not the murders. >> it just kept getting more red flags coming up. >> the surprises just kept on coming. >> he said, can i talk to in private? >> what dork force claimed two lives? >> i feel like she still. i feel her with me. >> hello. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello. and welcome to "dateline." it was a quiet afternoon at the park are housed. tammy and her husband brett were both at homes when suddenly gunfire erupted, leaving two people dead and police racing to the scene. the sole survivor would share a tale describing an unlikely intruder and a desperate fight to survive. but what story would the

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. >> that's all for this edition of dateline, i'm natalie morales, thank you for tuning in. i'm natalie i have no memories. i have no voice, nothing. i want to know what's happened to my mom. >> i didn't think it was an accident. >> when did the whisper? start >> immediately. >> i believed she'd been murdered. >> there is a dark business going on at this nightclub. >> that is something buddy one talking about what happened at night? >> -- it was a sacred thing for us to do. >> i thought we were finally getting justice, i was absolutely shocked, i was shocked. >> if you have a feeling in your gut and in your heart, fight, and don't ever give up. >> a few feet from the city limits of toledo, ohio, a car swings around a corner on a dusty stretch of road. it's, dark we hours, just stabs of light spilling from the house. most people are asleep, he could so easily have missed line in the grass on the side of a road, her feet drawn up to her chest, barely breathing, first drove right by her, the story went and then doubled back for -- a 30 year journey from one lonely child. >> ther

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that's what he was trying to do, protecten when the man was dying, that is what he was doing. >> a quiet family night at home, shattered by intruders. >> the gun was right here. >> a devoted father and husband, dead. >> she just kept saying, they killed him. >> someone murdered her husband, but left her alive. and that left police suspicious. was it possible that she was involved in her husband's

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline. " ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> she had missed a meeting andevery 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.

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> he was definitely charismatic. >> he was the new kiddventure. >> this kid was like awesome. >> he jumped right in the culture. >> he liked to show off to the girls. >> they were the neighbors, just down the block, of family in fear. >> they had their vehicles broken into, she was scared. >> someone had been sneaking into their home and now someone was in their garage. >> i'm

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >> i remember it being so unbelievable, that a plane has landed in our families like. >> a couple of young people on. >> we're trying to locate with fish finders. >> they found it, and her. >> she was a pretty girl. >> some of her long hair was caught in the door. >> she looked like she was actually sleeping. >> but where was the pilot? >> they were pretty sure he was heading to mexico. >> i can remember getting calls to interpol even. >> 24 years later, a woman uncovers a little white lie. >> he said that he was actually 43. i was like, so what else have you lied to me about? >> was he a monster? was he romeo? you just don't know. and those are the best stories, aren't they? >> now, we hear his version of the story. you're the only person on the planet who knows the truth. it is, in its own strange way, a dissertation on love. love, intoxicating, impetuous, foolish. love that lives, like a fugitive. a long secret tunnel of regret. >> there's a reason that the

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> there's this pile of leaves, and it's where everythingion miles an hour. i was using my boots to move leaves, and that's when i screamed this blood curdling scream. >> -- corporate exactly may time for romance and her three daughters -- >> she was the best mom and then she disappeared, dozens joined the search. >> we need to co h