i m craig melvin, and i natalie morales. and this is dateline yeah i m freaking out i walk in, and my sister s not there. her doors open, her lights are on, her bans on done everything was horrible. and i felt it. as she had been fearless on the frontlines in iraq pretty amazing. i saw her as like, a reall strong soldier but something about her terrified at home. we i m scared i don t feel safe. a desperate call to police. and then she vanished. when something made a prett scared yes there s no way to say wit that was right what had happened to this beautiful army sergeant? that question would launch a spellbinding mystery there were a number o potential suspects, absolutely was a killer out there? she was in danger could police catch him? they hatched a plan of virtual genius one of the detective said you re not going to believ this welcome to dateline maribel ramos was a fighter. join the army and doing tw times overseas before returnin to
strong soldier. but something had her terrified at home. i m scared. i don t feel safe. a desperate call to police. and then she vanished. something made her pretty scared. yes. no way to say what that was. right. what had happened to this beautiful army sergeant? the question would launch a spellbinding mystery. you ve got a roommate, a boyfriend who she s maybe about to dump. you ve got an ex-boyfriend who s suddenly back in her life. there were a number of potential suspects, absolutely. was a killer out there? she was in danger. could police catch him? they hatched a plan of virtual genius. one of the detectives said, you re not going to believe this. hello, and welcome to dateline maribel ramos was a fighter. her family immigrated to the u.s. when she was a baby and she was always determined to get ahead. maribel knew exactly how she d do it, joining the army and doing two tours overseas before returning to civilian life, but even her milit
And freaking out. I walk in and my sister is not there. Her doors open, her lights are on, her bed is undone. Everything is horrible and i felt it. She had been fearless on the front lines in iraq. But, something had her terrified at home. Im scared. I dont feel safe. A desperate call to police, and then she vanished. Somebody made her pretty scared. Theres nothing to say what that was. Right. What had happened to this Beautiful Army sergeant . That question would last lunch a spellbinding mystery. Was a killer out there . Could police catch him . They would hatch a plan a virtual genius. One of the detective said youre not going to believe this. Welcome to dateline. Maribel ramos was a fighter, joining the army and doing two tours overseas before returning to civilian life, but even her Military Experience would not be enough to prepare her for the evil she battled back home. Here is Josh Mankiewicz with mystery and Orange County. Orange county, california. On tv, it is a place of sun
i m this is what s happening sister we need to talk to mom maribel went to war arock. what was it like to see her in uniform? as it was - it was pretty amazing gisele is lucy s daughter maribel s niece. sometimes i won t even see her as my aunt i was like whoa, you re goin out there, to save your body you re proud of her yeah. maribel lured to jump out o airplanes and she man the guns for armed convoys. she saw more of her share of combat she also made sergeant and when her tour in iraq an it, she re-listed for another. she seemed fearless. she could very easily hav become a casualty. yes and other people to die, other friends of hers. in 2009, after two tours in iraq, maribel left the army an set part two of her plan int action, enrolling in college but adjusting back to civilian
long-term plan to become a cop, but she d need a college degree, and that meant money. so maribel ramos became private first class ramos. she joined the army hoping to use the g.i. bill. her first day was august 8th, 2001. and just 34 days later, the whole world changed. we all sort of recoiled in horror, but you probably also thought, that s going to affect my sister. yeah. i turn on the tv and the towers are crumbling. the first thing i thought was, oh my gosh, my sister s going to war. how do you wrap your mind around that? lucy worried. their mother worried. but maribel was like a rock. what did maribel say about going overseas? she didn t express her feelings about it. she just said, well, i m this is what s happening, sister. you need to talk to mom. maribel went to war in iraq. what was it like to see her in uniform? it was it was pretty amazing. gisele is lucy s daughter, maribel s niece. i saw her as a really brave strong soldier. sometimes i wouldn t s