and i m natalie morales and this is dateline . marie was a very loving person she had a heart of gold. what happened to this woman? my job is to be a truth teller and seek out the truth i wanted to solve it her case was a mystery fo years. the mom with a tender heart an tough as nails career. she was part of the sheriff s department. her ultimate goal was to try t get into the fbi she found a new sense o purpose in the church. her pastor and his wife, lik family they had taken her in they were helping her out. it s like, i m proud of you you re finding god then, one baffling text and she was gone i go, i know, i probabl watch a lot of law & order but i have this really gut feeling. because i was a mom, i just knew she didn t leave on her own. there was no way she left that baby two moms at opposite ends o a mystery. could one get justice for th other? this case for sure was an investigator s worst nightmare soon, clues to a hidden life a very
it all come out. about that night of sake and sex, when grace was conceived. yeah he had a little bi too. i was the only one that was. but yes, i was there yes, in the room. but of course she was, sai tanya. and almost casually. she revealed the heresy that should it ever become public would ruin them. was marie going to move i and she would be number two. for a wife or whatever you call them sister wife it was, in short, polygamy, or their homegrown version o it tanya told detectives sh understood the bargain ver well i ve always seen relationship as sex is not a relationship. a relationship is two people coming together. and sex is just a bonus. a very secret bonus, of course kept from almost everyone. but inside the bubble of their relationship, tanya said, they were happy she goes, you know what i am so glad that you are goin to be raising grace. she said, i m so glad that i m gonna be able to do that wit
you re finding god then, one baffling text and she was gone i go, i know, i probabl watch a lot of law & order but i have this really gut feeling. because i was a mom, i just knew she didn t leave on her own. there was no way she left that baby two moms at opposite ends o a mystery. could one get justice for th other? this case for sure was an investigator s worst nightmare soon, clues to a hidden life a very amorous, romantic, wild relationship. it was lustful. oh, my goodness. there were secrets here deadly once. it hit me hard. i m like, no, no, no come to jesus moment? it was, yes i was scared to death hello and welcome t dateline marie carlson was a force of nature
anger at marie for going and not letting us know what s going on and then back to anger a myself for not making a phon call to get her help and anger at myself foreve letting the relationship becam when it came the pastor said that he kne he was the prime suspect i am terrified of the prospect of marie taking her own life and if she did - and i pray she didn t i hope she did it very, very very, very, very, very, very far away because if they find one littl bone that somehow could be connected with her and it s my fault. i m sure it s the way people would look at it you know where marie it is? no. i do not, if i did i would g get her. did you kill marie carlson? no. and that was that they were stalled. murray was missing and the case was getting ver cold coming up - new revelations from the
churches tend to be beehives o gossip so the detectives asked around she had a boyfriend, wa involved in an abusive relationship she was beat up. this is a member of the calgary emerald coast church she did want to go back t the guy. and didn t want to keep th child. in other words, she was gonna have an abortion but pastor flanders and hi wife had strong views abou abortion, and when the discovered her situation, they offered to help solve he dilemma. they were going to adopt th baby the flanders had an older daughter, who always wanted an older child, but one miscarriage after the other and, so as this church elder tell the detectives, the pasto and his wife came to a arrangement with marie she would stay three months to nurse the baby and then the