strong together. she gave me a lot of support, just there for me, when i needed her. but was there something about these two that no one knew? what are you seeing? a series of messages. i had to read them a couple of times to take it all in. really shocking. a trail of text messages, leading to the darkest of discoveries. keeping all the lies straight is difficult. she did it masterfully. i close my eyes and said, this is not real. a twist no one saw coming. and a story that every parent needs to see. we need to know what is going on in our kid s lives, because it can be very scary when we don t. hello and welcome to dateline . 18-year-old conrad roy battled depression and anxiety, but seemed to be finding his way. he was headed to college and excited about his new job. then one night, the teenager vanished. turns out conrad had a dark secret, one he shared with someone close to him. what that confidant did and did not do next would shatter to famil
i promise, babe. i have to now like right now,? and you can break a promise and just go in quiet parking lot or something. have you ever seen anything like that in your career as a detective? no. no. it was clear to the detectives that conrad had died by his own hand. but was what michel did actually a crime? detective gordon contacted assistant da mary claire flynn. he said, i want to send you these text messages, if you can please just take a look at them. i said, sure i will. and it was just utterly shocking. she checked with katie rayburn, her colleague at the time, and they agreed, those text messages warranted further investigation. i could not believe what was in them. i had to read them a couple of times to really take it all in. clearly, it s black and white for you, that you know this is wrong. but is it black and white, we are going to go forward with this? this is a crime? i would imagine for you, it s complicated. yes.