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
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 for years. the mom with a tender heart and tough as nails career. she was part of the sheriff s department. her ultimate goal was to try to get into the fbi. she found a new sense of purpose in the church. her pastor and his wife, like 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 probably 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 of a mystery. could one get justice for the 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 g
heated to agree to it, i knew was that was probably the only way. first, was as part of the deal, the pastor told the stor of marie of the polygamy arrangement. it was as if she was anothe wife okay although we never had ceremony, or anything like that he said marie even had name for their relationship. marie called it a throuple. throuple. then the pastor offered hi version of that last awful night. he claimed that marie was in a downward spiral, mentally, and erupted after he told her sh should be hospitalized for depression she hit me in the chest and i grabbed ahold of her and just hugged as tight as could. in the scuffle, we filled down on the floor when we hit the floor, we hi it hard.
throuple. then the pastor offered his version of that last awful night. he claimed that marie was in a downward spiral, mentally, and erupted after he told her she should be hospitalized for depression. she hit me in the chest and i grabbed ahold of her. and just hugged as tight as i could. in the scuffle, we filled down on the floor. when we hit the floor, we hit it hard. when i realized something was a right, i rolled hero for end she wasn t breathing. a fatal bear hug? not possible. thought nesli. and then she breezed for the answer she d waited five years to hear. did you bury marie in the backyard? i ll tell you exactly where it s at. is that where you buried her? yes. and at that point, the detective got up and left the room. nesli past me a note that
that as the pastor and his attorney looked at the evidence that might put him in prison for life, just before the trial, they made a deal. the state reduced is charged from second degree murder to manslaughter. and james agreed to tell them what he did to marie and where he put her. marie s family grudgingly agreed. that was the hardest thing. but i wanted to know where my sister was. i didn t want to go years and years and years and not know. as much as i just absolutely heated to agree to it, i knew i was that was probably the only way. first, was as part of the deal, the pastor told the story of marie. of the polygamy arrangement. it was as if she was another wife. okay? although we never had a ceremony, or anything like that. he said marie even had a name for their relationship. marie called it a throuple. throuple. then the pastor offered his