How far would you go . How long would you wait to get justice for a friend . He killed her. He needed to pay for it. They had been college roommates, super close. Until that terrible night. The wounds could suggest rage at the victim. Absolutely. Who could have done it, her boyfriend . Her ex . He was very obsessed with angie. The trail went cold for more than two decades. But she was sure she knew who the killer was, even got a private Detective License to help prove it. I said, im a private investigator, and i need you to tell me where is the evidence, all of that. It wasnt well received at all. Finally, the break they needed. We got the match. Leading to one of the greatest twists of all time. It could not have shocked me more. Hello and welcome to dateline. When angie samota walked into a room, people noticed. Pretty, vivacious, and outgoing. The College Student had her choice of dates. Then late one friday night, angie was murdered. A crucial clue pointed to one man, but in this c
Yes. He looked at everything. I was even like, where was ted bundy at that time . We have to look under every stone, every pebble. Theyre talking about hundreds of names here. Hundreds, thousands. She is driven. Her tenacity is just remarkable. I knew i was going to find him. It was a competition between him and i. Your heart is pounding like, oh, my gosh. This is real. I said, i found him. I know who killed helene. Hello and welcome to dateline. Helene pruszynski lift by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. The budding journalist did just that as she started a College Internship in radio. Then helene was murdered. The Investigation Led detectives into the darkest corners of the criminal world, before a groundbreaking investigative tool helped bring the killers secret to light. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with a promise to helene. 40 years is a long time. Thats 40 winters here in colorado. And countless snowfalls. It was on a day like this that young woman disappeared.
keith morrison: it had been five months since 22-year-old 22-year-old chelsea bruck disappeared from big mike s annual halloween party. her costume had been found. it was found ripped underneath an abandoned building. this was interesting. it happened to be a hundred yards from the trailer park where harlan byrd had lived. what did you think when you saw that? the hair on the back of your head kind of stands up. coincidence? the detectives didn t think so. the first thing we did, we called harlan byrd in for another interview. you thought we ve found our guy here. yes. because you had been kind of wonky about him before, right? yes. things looked like they had been adding up. harlan came back to the station, this time with an attorney. how do you explain the items being found so close to your grand grandma s house? i can t explain it. do you have any thoughts to why some of her clothing would be found? none. a half mile from your grandma s place? n
she is the definition of grit. she didn t give up. he s hurting me. the details that she gave. it was unbelievable. she said, you did it. i said, no, you did. route 66 once stretched across the southwest from one horizon to the next, going from what america was to what it wanted to be. cities like albuquerque, new mexico, were celebrated stops along the journey. today buildings that once lined this part of the iconic highway faded and closed as the cotton wood mall became the new downtown. the mall was the big hangout. i met my husband at the mall. so did i. it has played a pivotal part in our lives. for the marcell sisters, all six of them, along with their brother, jonathan, the cotton wood mall in albuquerque was important in their lives. 17-year-old brittani worked at a sunglasses kiosk. she is this blue-eyed girl with a big eyes and a striking mile. everything was good, until september 11th, 2008, brittani just starting high school had planned
good morning, everyone. i m randi kay. it s 8:00 on the east coast. thanks for starting your morning with us. wee start with a victory for florida governor rick scott. he sue the federal government and now the government has given in. what did he want? access to the department of homeland security s database on immigrants in the u. the reason? he wants to purge illegally registered voters from the state s voter rolls. so how big of a problem is it in florida? here is what we know so far. because we couldn t get the homeland security database, we used our own motor vehicle database and looked at 2,600 names. we know over 100 people have registered to vote, they re nonu.s. citizens and we know over 50 have voted in our election. so we know people are registering to note that are non-u.s. citizens and we know they re voting. that s not right, it s a crime, and it impacts our races. that was the governor a couple weeks ago on this program. critics say scott is just trying to