she had a heart of gold. what happened to this woman? my job is to be a truth teller and seek out the truth. i wanted to solve it. her case was a mystery for years. the mom with a tender heart and tough as nails career. she was part of the sheriff s department. her ultimate goal was to try to get into the fbi. she found a new sense of purpose in the church. her pastor and his wife, like family. they had taken her in. they were helping her out. it s like, i m proud of you. you re finding god. then, one baffling text and she was gone. i go, i know, i probably watch a lot of law & order , but i have this really gut feeling. because i was a mom, i just knew she didn t leave on her own. there was no way she left that baby. two moms at opposite ends of a mystery. could one get justice for the other? this case for sure was an investigator s worst nightmare. soon, clues to a hidden life. a very amorous, romantic, wild relationship. it was lustful. oh, my g
hello and welcome to dateline . marie carlson was a force of nature. enthusiastic, spirited, beautiful. but behind the radiant glow, she hid a darkness. for a while, marie drifted and then a pastor and his wife welcomed her into their life. it was a spiritual awakening which made marie s sudden disappearance all the more mysterious. it would take a detective with a special bond and some divine intervention to find out what happened to marie. here s keith morrison with secrets on the emerald coast . how do you catch a dancing sprite? you put her in a bottle? can you package the joy she brings? can you keep it when she goes? she was like a gravitational pull. her name was marie. marie carlson.
after what happened when they sorely needed their church family at pendleton free methodist. like youth minister jeff hummel and his wife lisa who encountered the dancing sprite when she was in middle school. if she got the feeling that you were left out, she d find you and make sure that you knew you had a friend. one year when she was far away in india, the people who loved amyjane worried a lot. and didn t breathe easy until she returned home to the safety and security of pendleton. where she was waiting for god to tell her what to do next. whether it was going to be to travel the world or go back or go to school. she wanted more freedom, too, so she moved out of her parents house and got herself a little apartment in downtown pendleton. worked two jobs to pay for it including a job cleaning motel rooms at the travelodge across from city hall. she was excited to get this other job, but she wasn t so sure about working at the hotel. she was a little nervous about it.
how to do you catch a dancing sprite? put her in a bottle? can you capture the joy she brings? can you keep it when it goes? she was a gravitational pull. reporter: her name was marie. marie carlson. she was magnetic. reporter: when she was happy, she could make the whole world sing. live life to the full et. you might not have tomorrow. reporter: she offered herself, her goodness. gave her vulnerable heart and stored her secrets until what happened. she was always that way, was marie, from the time of the very first secret in her life. she was born in the philippines by a single mother, and taken in by the family of an american serviceman. and it was years later that that kind serviceman was actually her father. that means that esther bridges, the best friend she grew up
hello and welcome to dateline . it marie carlson was a force of nature. enthusiastic, spirited, beautiful. but behind the radiant glow, she hit a darkness. for a while, marie drifted and then a pastor and his wife welcomed her into their life. it was a spiritual awakening which made marie sudden disappearance all the more mysterious. it would take a detective with a special bond and some divine intervention to find out what happened to marie. here s keith morrison with secrets on the emerald coast . how do you catch a dancing sprite? you put her in a bottle? can you package the joy she brings? can you keep it when she goes? she was like a gravitational pull. her name was marie.