just after 12:30, the cameras pick up a man approaching the house. the hooded figure is nick. he looks through several windows, as if checking to see if someone s home. he clutches his hood, closely, concealing his face. jeremy luberts is an investigative sergeant with the morrison county sheriff s department. you could see that there had been what appeared to be a little bit of casing done on on nicholas brady s part. he even heads toward one of the cameras and tries to dismantle it. then, he walks out of camera range, shatters a window and enters the house. minutes later, the camera shows another hooded figure. this one, carrying a purse and a cellphone. it s haile. on the video, it shows that the female had come walking through the yard, up toward the house. all on tape, clear as daylight. but why? what were nick and haile up to that day? they both went to my school, at one time. dylan lange is the son of byron s friends, john and kathy. in little falls. you know,
news. we heard about a car accident that had a red car. and we thought it was him, right away. and so, we went and looked and it ended up being car pieces for a different car. and so, then, when that wasn t him either, we started to get extremely worried. after that. we drove up and down the back roads, though. we looked. up and down the highway. any way i could think of that might lead through town, anywhere. rachel posted messages on facebook. has anyone heard from haile or nick? still, nothing. by friday afternoon, they were out of their minds with worry. i mean, we called and called and called. no answers. no nothing. we kept getting the voicemails. and i was like, nick, this is getting serious. you know, we i started crying, on one of em. and i was like, you better not be making fun of me. this better not be a joke. yeah. before the day was over, the family would find out, this was no joke. something terrible had happened to nick and haile but
to use deadly force against another person, if you believe your life or the life of another is in immediate jeopardy. as investigators continued to secure the scene at byron s house, the sheriff s office was calling another family. kimberly brady had been frantically trying to find her son nick and her niece haile. now, investigators knew what had happened to them. they drove out to speak with kimberly, and they brought a chaplain. as soon as i saw them turn the corner, the something i knew he was gone. i didn t know how or why. and then, all of a sudden, i remember the door opened and the chaplain came out. all i said was, no. i don t really remember if i said anything else. he s like, your son is dead. nick and haile were both dead. kimberly fell to her knees. and then, the chaplain told her, it was no accident. he s like, your son was shot. and i was like and then, i mean, shot? that just wasn t doesn t fit. i just remember feeling,
was both, at one time, so suddenly. even harder to absorb? how and where nick and haile were shot. they were the intruders byron smith killed. it was all very unbelievable. so, what happened in that basement, on elm street? the answer to that would lead to a heated debate. how far is too far, when it comes to defending your home? when do you cross the line, between victim and criminal? coming up a grainy image captures a clue. is that nick? you see him, on different cameras, different angles, walking around the house. is that haile? when dateline continues. ingrained in our skin. and even when we metamorphosize into our new evolved form, we carry that spirit with us.
with with no cares. yeah. they all spent the night together at a friend s apartment. on thanksgiving morning, nick and haile left around 11:00 a. m. they said they were going to go to my mom and dad s house. the plan was to meet later at grandma s house but nick and haile never showed up. kimberly and rachel tried calling them. is it strange for nick not to answer his phone? absolutely. even if i would have called over and over again, he would have called or answered and been like, what do you want? strange for haile to not answer her phone? extremely. she would have never not answered my phone call. adding to their worry was the weather. it had started snowing. so i m thinking, okay, the weather. maybe, he got stranded somewhere. and i was hoping that he was just staying overnight in a safe place. yeah, in a safe place. are you worried about a car accident? i was very worried. sure enough, on friday morning, there was frightening