i am natalie morales, see you next time. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> it was rough. it was a rough time for the whole community. >> it hit her town like a lightning bolt. the strange disappearance of carrie olson. >> it was scary. everyone loved carrie. >> it was so painful. >> you reach out to dateline. >> i did, yes. >> we saw young people following our page. >> where was she? what was behind this? far from home, a lead. >> i saw the tattoo, and i said, that's your tattoo, isn't it? >> and three caught-on-camera clues. someone is in her car. someone is at her bank. but most jaw-dropping of all, someone is up on stage with a song turned sinister. >> i couldn't believe what i was hearing. insane. >> could karaoke be a key to this case? >> my heart was pounding and pounding. >> i was sweaty and nervous. we need to figure this out, fast. hello, and welcome to dateline. 29 year old carrie olson was the girl next door, bubbly and bright, with close friends and a new man in her life. she had everything ahead of her, and then she vanished. had

i am natalie morales, see you next time. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and thisit was rough. it was a rough time for the whole community. >> it hit her town like a li

. >> i'm natalie morales and this is dateline. >> they were so happy at first, sharing a lovers perched 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 that 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 precipice. >> did you kill your wife, jody? >> i did not. >> what happened on the cliffs 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. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> every couple has it. a shared song, a favorite movie, or maybe a special place. stephen scharf says that for his wife and him 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 long chairs, a cooler, and she would bring he

. >> and i'm natalie morale is >> and this is "dateline. " i fell to the floor. i just remember, like, she's dead, she's dead! and i was so confused. i was like, what's going on? what happened? >> a small texas town, two super close friends, and a summer night in the park. >> they have this lookout, and you could see the harbor bridge lit up. it's really pretty when the stars are out. >> it was the next morning that they found them. >> i could see two girls laying there. it was horrifying. there was duct tape on their mouths, on their hands. >> a mystifying scene. >> the only thing we have are cigarette butts and suspicion. >> dna would point one way. >> he's like, serge, you've got to take a look at this. >> a bombshell message would point another. >> i read the letter and immediately knew this was something very important. >> a twisted trail leading to a sinister suspect. >> it takes a special kind of mind that wants to do something like that. >> to crack a case this convoluted, it might just take a miracle. >> that was extraordinary. >> i just couldn't believe

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> it was very exciting. >> they made in vegas, a professional poker player. >> he said he's making good money mad at it. >> a former trap ease artist -- she fell for it. but she didn't gamble on this. >> i could smell the odor of decay and blood. >> or this -- >> at every turn there was another -- >> married, with a child, and women in multiple cities -- >> what else is he capable of? >> capable of murder? he had an alibi. >> credit card transactions and phone records of me from las vegas. >> but could this little card holds the key? >> we just a shot in the dark? >> absolutely. >> we see a calculated killer? or was his lifestyle on trial? >> he made mistakes. that doesn't make him a monster. >> was there one more card up his sleeve? >> it goes back to him thinking, i've bluffed some of the best. >> welcome to dateline. it was a perplexing double murder, with no witnesses and no physical evidence. the victims were a respected couple their son, it turned out, played poker for a living, and could that lifestyle have had something t

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> i just can't imagine to be held in captivity. >> dad, just send the money. that's all they want. >> they have an american kid. a 14-year-old kid in the middle of the jungle. they're thinking they have the jackpot. >> they were vacationers turned prisoners. a mother and son, kidnapped by terrorists. >> we need 10 million u.s. dollars for the release of your family. >> 10 million, from me? are you losing your mind? >> a harrowing international hostage drama. >> this is a big operation, this is not just a drag tag group of people. >> anything can happen, there are no guarantees. >> can a father to negotiator to bring them home? >> prepare for the worst. >> i'm getting worried. i'm getting so worried. >> a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. >> hello, and welcome to dateline, they were on a dream vacation when suddenly a mother, her teenage son, and a cousin were all kidnapped by a group of men with guns wanting money and lots of it. but the worldwide hostage drama be resolved before it was all too late? here

. >> and i am natalie morales. >> and this, is dateline. >> her name is pepper. >> i lived a secret life. >> she was kidnapped at age four. >> we got in the car, and we never went back. >> she spent decades trying to find her way home again, and she finally made it. or, so she thought. >> i said, i think that i am rhonda patricia christine. i said, do you know her? and there was a long pause. >> her story had many ups and downs. >> when i looked at the email, i just could not even believe it. >> but after so many tears, so many years and so many turns in her story. >> i was like, wow. >> there are still more stunning twists to be revealed. >> it is amazing, the best gift ever. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to dateline. a four year old girl was adopted and raised by her kidnappers. for decades, she searched for her family, and her identity. her story has an extraordinary ending, but as it turns out, that ending was just the beginning. here is keith morrison. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> our story begins with this much mother of a teenage daughter. a woman who had spent much of her life trying to figure out who she was

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> this is when you watch the mind for. it's about someone else. what about your friend. not about someone you love. >> she was completely defenseless. she reached out and somerset, help me. >> my heart dropped. i want to know why. why? >> it is a baffling case of murder. a mystifying piece of tape. at the center? husband and wife. self made millionaires. >> he was very caring and loving. >> she had a personality that such a win. together, they meet the cold business. that, someone else made a killing two. >> it was to make sure she was dead. >> his wife, ambushed by a shadowy man in black, with someone after their fortune? >> i called her to run her. was the answer on this table? >> was his wife been killed at that exact moment? >> a kind of greeting gold. where detectives hunting for a killer strike gold? >> something i don't think could be involved in this. >> welcome to dateline. down on their luck california couple bound up making a fortune in gold. golden not by them happiness. in fact, it just might have been a motiv

and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> this is a tragedy on top of a tragedy. >> it happenedickly. their parents in the backyard spot -- they're -- in trouble. >> i just panicked. >> a sudden slip, a fatal fall -- >> you losing your mother, watching her go right -- >> someone else was watching her too, a curious neighbor. >> it was scary. the look on his face was almost indescribable. >> what had she seen? was this drowning really an accident? >> she's got a huge gash on her head. -- consistent with just falling down. >> a husband and father is suddenly under suspicion. >> who is crying, were crying. he said, they got -- >> three daughters stand by their dad, and one prosecutor stands firm. >> he's holding his wife of almost three decades under the water and -- justice for christie hall. >> was it murder? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, a young [inaudible] yard in 1 million and the moment it's unsettling. what she saw and what she did would set in motion a chain of events that would divide a family and a jury. here is keith >> we know the truth. and we know everything that happened. >> how d

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> this doesn't happen in our happy little world. >> their world shattered, a young mother strangled. >> we had a homicide and no >> also no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. >> she slept with the children and the door locked. >> and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. >> it all seemed like such a bad -- >>. >> it. . at >> reporter: it was a saturday morning in july. the happy little world suburb of raleigh, north carolina, called cary, a place where a young family would aspire to if you were someone like hanna pritchard, for example. >> there's always lots of friend making going on through someone you meet. lots of cookouts and family functions. >> reporter: like the one in the neighborhood the night before. so h

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >> hello, i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline. >> it almost made me sick. i was on the floor, and then i kind of got myself together and said we had to go over there. >> i had to go over there. >> she was a commander who caved. >> i was like what you are doing? >> she says i'm writing for the cards to all of my soldiers. >> her husband was a charming sergeant and devoted dad. >> he was fitness loving and doting as she was. >> no one can believe it when this decorated officer was found dead in her own home. >> an army commander being murdered was unheard of. >> a 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 co

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

i'm craig melvin, and 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. >> in 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 a 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 cryin

and i'm natalie morales.>> he was stabbed multiple tilt line times. nobody saw anything.

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> here is the personnel, he's dying. >> her husband, a decorated military officer was shot in the dark of night. >> it was an execution. >> was this some sort of hit? >> he wasn't special forces, there must of been something at work. >> that's what police thought to until they learned about the secret life of this husband and wife. >> we met people in an. it >> was their forbidden affair? >> they were probably meeting for sex about four times a. lead >> and didn't lead to murder? >> she is absolutely cold blooded. >> soon there will be questions for mother and daughter. >> give us another shot. welcome to dateline. when a respected military officer was attacked in the middle of the night, police launched an investigation that would reveal eyebrow raising secrets that might hold the key to murder. here's keith morrison. >> the wind in the northern prairies sweeps across the vast flatland, seen through sparse wood blocks, -- in the military cemetery a few miles south of the canadian border. the final resting spot for a few dozen veterans

." >> i'm craig melvin, and i'm natalie morales. and this is dateline. >> all of a sudden i realize, why are they late? there's something definitely wrong. he said your family was in an accident. and my world just dropped down from underneath me. >> the scene told the story -- >> why did you find? >> something i don't want to see again. >> yuck >> a deadly crash on a dark road. two gone, one barely alive. to a tragic accident. but look closer. can all of the broken glass and twisted metal, was there a clue to a crime? >> the last thing i wanted to have was to have to take a double fatality and not treat it as a homicide. >> murder. and no one saw coming. two families in torment. >> i couldn't deal with it. >> we were both just -- >> a small town trial with big emotions. >> you took it. you did it. >> and the verdict that would shake them all. >> hello, and welcome to dateline. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ a dangerous highway in big sky country. that was a setting for a deadly crash that would seem to unite to families in shock and heartbreak.

now back to dateline >> welcome back to dateline, i'm natalie morales, a husband was shot to death, theed to an affair and the boyfriend tells his story about the night of the murder. could it be that simple? that cliché? it would take a police detective willing to plow through all of the clues to find the truth. here is keith morrison with more of a perfect spot. >> there can be few things in life as shocking as disorienting as the sudden death of a loved one. especially one so affectionate, so endearing, happy. and when they dreadful news came with the word murdered attached. >> i could not think of a soul who would want to hurt the man, could not think of anyone. >> richard and his scouting buddy spent the evening together the night before richard was killed. and so bill heard him get the phone call from stacey about their plans for valentine's day. >> he said we are making plans to get together near her grandma's. >> she was staying out there for the weekend or something? >> that's correct, she was looking after her grandmother. >> was he happy about that? >> he thought that was gr

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and i'm natalie morales. and this is dateline. >> she told archie she was dating this man and if he didn't like it he could leave. >> he was stabbed multiple tilt line times. nobody saw anything. >> i went and i touched him, i'll never forget that feeling. >> it was just before dawn when he found his father dead in the driveway. >> there's no doubt in my mind what happened. i immediately knew. >> there was someone else who may have known, too. >> i turned around and looked at my mama, like you know who did this, that -- >> but there was one thing no one could no, the strange stream twists still to come. >> it was a bit of a surprise. >> kind of a shock. >> when they found out she was seen him again. >> a lovers triangle, always leads to trouble. >> how could you do such a horrible thing? you destroyed me. >> did this one lead to murder? >> what was your like watching him walk out of jail? >> he beat the system. >> hello and welcome to dateline. how long does it take a killer to stop worrying about whether he

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. >> and i'm natalie morale us. >> and this is dateline! >> she was home with the kids, her husband out with friends when it happened. >> he said something about his kids telling him that there was a robbery. >> 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 whodunnit? >> very much so. >> the police had suspects. >> i remember telling them they want to be alone. >> they also had a problem. >> why would the sky go up and kill this woman? >> her family had questions of their own. >> something is not my right here, something is wrong. >> and then, someone remembered a phone call and a fib. >> i pulled out my phone, and i'm like, that is strange. >> a killer living two lives. >> everything that you thought you knew was all a lie. >> hello, and welcome to dateline, kelly 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 wi

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> this doesn't happen in our happy little world

i am natalie morales. thank you for tuning in. ♪♪ >>> this sunday, a crisis of confidence.ourt justice clarence thomas faces growing scrutiny for failing to disclose payments and gifts from a top republican donor. >> the reputation of the court is at stake. >> and a new report reveals thomas' wife received secret payments from an activist with business before the court. >> i do think that there's more that the supreme court should do to address those perception problems. >> with public confidence in the court at a record low, what can be done to restore americans' trust in the judicial branch? >>> plus default danger. as the deadline nears for the government to pay its bills president biden faces off with republicans who want to negotiate spending cuts. >> we're not a deadbeat nation. we pay our bills. >> does president biden have a plan to get republicans to work with them? >> we're the only ones to lift the debt limit to make sure this economy is not in jeopardy. >> president biden has produced a budget. house republicans produced a ransom note. >> i'll talk to house demo

. >> and i'm natalie morales. and this is dateline. >> i just collapsed. she's dead because she was my friend. >> first melissa disappeared. >> where's melissa? >> that's the million dollar question. >> i knew right then she absolutely never made it into her house. >> left behind in her garage signs of a struggle and a strange orange mist, then her boss went missing too. >> who is he afraid of am. >> he might have been afraid he's next. >> he left behind a bigger mess. >> we three kings be stealing the gold. >> a missing fortune. >> ballpark a billion, billion and a half dollars. >> a missing woman. >> we have know clue, no leads. >> some wonder was there a link? >> this had a twist to it. two crimes, one for money, one supposedly for love, and behind both, a lingering mystery. >> it's just so ugly and so wrong, and i can't fix it. >>> welcome to "dateline." hotshot florida attorney melissa lewis was living large in fort lauderdale dale, but then her seemingly charged life ended in tragedy. her body was discovered in a drainage canal. she'd been murdered.

but he did have plenty to say to natalie morales in a televised interview. >> are you a mystery man? a quiet man, living a quiet life. >> he admitted using a string of fake names. christian karl gerhartsreiter one of them. >> you assume different identities? >> for purposes, much like a writer would take a pen name. >> what about the murder of john sohus? did he have anything to say about that? >> did you kill john and linda sohus? >> my entire life, i have always been a pacifist. i am a quaker. i believe in nonviolence. and i can fairly, certainly say i have never heard anyone. >> when i saw that i thought, that was the closest thing to a confession i had ever seen or heard. what did you say, did you kill john and linda sohus? >> i think i said no. >> but you don't say i am a quaker. >> even as clark rockefellers kidnapping case played out in boston, the california investigators were quietly at work building a case for murder. >> basically, we had to do cpr on this case and get it done, and get it running. >> to resuscitate the case, they went back to find those folks who had only s

. >> and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." >> our hearts break for this money. >> she was a design original. christina. the fashionista. >> fantastic wardrobe. >> she went out to drink with friends and never came home. >> i sensed something was wrong. >> this is real. >> who was the last to see her? >> she went her way? that's all i can tell you. >> where was her ex-model boyfriend? >> he doesn't call when she's missing. >> someone had something to hide. >> he thought he was getting away with it. >> she was fighting for her life. >> all i can do is pray with all that i have. tell me what happened that night. welcome to "dateline." 23-year-old christina morris had vanished without a trace. no clues and blurry security video to go on, could the clue investigators needed really be scribbled on a trash post-in note? here with "frantic" is josh makowitz. >> christina morris was afraid of the dark. >> through grade school, she woke up in the middle of the night. we knew about it because she was in our bed. >>

. >> and i'm natalie morales. this >> and this is dateline. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> three people come to me wearing suits and one of them tells me that he hadn't made it and i was like, no, he did. just go check. they come back and tell me, miss hall, he did not make it. [crying] >> two women racing down a texas highway. >> she saw me make a u-turn. >> bonnie, the mistress in one lane. >> i looked in my rearview mirror and it was francis. >> francis, the wife and the other. >> i gave her the middle finger. >> the middle finger? >> right. i start following her. i say what the hell. she breaks, and i break, and -- >> he's pronounced dead at the hospital. >> two women in love with one man, hating each other. >> you are getting text messages from bonnie of the two of them having sex. >> yes. >> a hollywood love story? >> this was the man i wanted to marry. >> or a fatal attraction. >> he goes i can't get rid of this person. >> and so many about to lose so much. >> why? >> i will live with that for the rest of my life. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello

. >> and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." >> our hearts break for this money.

. >> that's all for this edition of dateline, i'm natalie morales, thank you for tuning in. >> good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, president biden is now asking voters for a another four years in the white house. in just a few moments you are going to hear him tell me why he wants to continue leading the nation, and why he is the best person for the job. this afternoon i sat down with the president at the white house and we talked about where he wants to take the country next, since taking office a major focus of biden's has been the economy, and rebuilding our infrastructure, he pushed through the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the science act along with the inflation reduction act, with all that biden's economic plan improves his investing america agenda, to make all that legislation absolute reality. today's jobs report showed the economy is still going strong, but the question is, is all of this enough to send biden back to the white house? we talked about that and a whole lot more in this first interview since officially announcing that he is running for reelection. >> mist

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. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this, is dateline. >> it is the hardest part, i can't help him. >> i am a mother, i fix stuff. this gave me a hard feeling. i cannot fix this. i can't bring him back. >> he is on the ground, in front of his vehicle. something is very wrong. >> it was devastating when they found him. >> oh my god. >> the single dad, so passionate about helping others. >> he was a selfless person. he just wanted to do what he could. >> so dedicated to his young daughter, siena. >> two peas in a pod. >> she loved being with her dad. >> she was every single thing to him, every single thing. >> for police, a puzzle. >> it was such an unusual murder, with a victim who seemed to have so no enemies. >> then the chilling, on camera clue. >> there is a figure. you see someone wearing a hoodie come out from the dark. yes, you get the goose bumps, the hairs on the back of your neck. >> a father, dead in the garage. who was behind it? >> i am thinking, what? >> it is mind-blowing. lies, delusion, betrayal. >> you just don't want to believe that people can be that evil. ♪ ♪ ♪ >

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. >> and i am natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> she was the love of my life.s. >> she was daddy's girl, debutante, and tomboy. the free spirits with fiery hair, and a wide open heart. >> she is a very, very kind of person. >> and then she vanished. >> i called the police. something is wrong. >> and something was. days passed, then months. no leads, no clues. no progress. >> i thought, i'm not going to put up with this. we have to get going. get moving on this. >> enter the a team. a band of tough guy private eyes. >> this guy has something to hide. >> they had a brief encounter with the mysterious stranger. >> and that train coming home, she had met this woman. >> did that hold the answer? >> she is talking about how someone has tried to assume her identity. >> a chilling case of a daughter in danger. >> somebody was after them. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to dateline, i am lester holt. she was beautiful, talented, trusted and sometimes troubled, a young woman from a prominent family finally grabbing the promise in life, right up until the day that she vanished, and when

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found something natalie morales: sonar detected an object underwater that could be a body.till hoping laci was alive. keith morrison : listen to this recording from the wiretap on scott's phone. you can hear sharon's relief when she called to tell him it wasn't laci. shaon rocha: hi, scott. this is mom ... just want you to know ... it was a boat anchor. of course we knew it wasn't laci. but i just wanted you to know, um --. keith morrison : that's scott whistling in the background; he seems relieved too detective buehler: like, (whistle) "i just dodged that one." now you can interpret that both ways, that, "oh, my. good, i'm glad it wasn't laci." but for us, with all the things that led up to that point, it was more like/ he felt lucky that that really wasn't her, suggesting to us that we were looking in the right spot. keith morrison : and yet he seemed such a boy scout, he had no secret criminal past, no history of being abusive. al brocchini (interrogation video): have you guys-- you guys-- have you had any problems-- marriage problems? scott peterson (interrogation vide