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 case of a homeowner protecting his family and property? or something far more deliberate. here is josh mankiewicz with deadly exchange. it s a dilemma that confronts every teenager, how to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. that two step is made easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that you will live forever. kids do dumb stuff all the ti
deadly exchange. it s a dilemma that confronts every teenager, how to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. that two step is made easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that you will live forever. kids do dumb stuff all the time. sneaking out of the house in the dead of night to meet other teenagers to drink, party or just hang out, that is nothing new. usually teams sneak back home, safely. this wasn t one of those times. i thought it was some kind of joke, i just couldn t believe it really. i was freaking out. i was like, it can t be, it can t be. it was april 2014 when to bright foreign exchange students living in montana slipped out of their house. he s lying face down. he s barely breathing. minutes later, their amazing
reporter: just minutes later, their amazing american adventure came to a sudden and tragic end. where is he bleeding from? everywhere. it was horrific. no one ever knew that someone would die over it, you know? it was just the worst thing that could have ever happened to us. reporter: it all began so differently for diren dede. a dream come true. he was an exchange student from hamburg, germany, excited to soak up anything and everything american. at 17 diren had landed in a special corner of the west, missoula, montana. he was really charismatic. reporter: dana, anna, and chance were three of diren s closest friends at big sky high school. he was way different than all of the other foreign exchange students that usually come. he was really outspoken and outgoing, and he just jumped right into the culture. he wanted to do everything
reporter: it s a dilemma that confronts every teenager. how to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. that two-step is made a little easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that you re going to live forever. kids do dumb stuff all the time. reporter: and so sneaking out of the house in the dead of night to meet other teenagers to drink, party or just hang out, well, that s nothing new. usually teens sneak back home safely. this wasn t one of those times. i thought it was some kind of, like, joke. i, like, just couldn t believe it, really. i was just freaking out. i was like, it can t be. it can t be. reporter: it was april 2014 when two bright foreign exchange students living in montana slipped out of their home. he s lying face down. he s barely breathing. reporter: just minutes later, their amazing american adventure came to a sudden and tragic end.
homeowner protecting his family and property, or something far more deliberate? here s josh mankiewicz with deadly exchange. reporter: it s a dilemma that confronts every teenager. how to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. that two-step is made a little easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that you re going to live forever. kids do dumb stuff all the time. reporter: and so sneaking out of the house in the dead of night to meet other teenagers to drink, party or just hang out well, that s nothing new. usually teens sneak back home safely. this wasn t one of those times. i thought it was some kind of, like, joke. i just couldn t believe it, really. i was just freaking out. like, it can t be. it can t be. reporter: it was april, 2014, when two bright foreign exchange students living in montana, slipped out of their home. he s lying face down. he s barely breathing. reporter: just minutes later, their amazing american adventu