Middle. Buried secrets. Thanks for joining us. Im lester holt. For years, the woman in this story lives in the most painful kind of limbo. Her son had disappeared and there wasnt a shred of evidence of what happened to him. She may never have known his fate if not for a quickthinking, rookie detective, whose tools included the internet and some plain old common sense. To solve this case, she would need the help of a killer. Here is keith morrison. Reporter its a strange thing that happens among the bogs and marshes, the low soft soil here in coastal florida. Things have a way of coming up, things buried in the ground, in the past or both. It was july, 2003, beaches quiet, snowbirds back up north. So no one noticed, at first, what was starting inland a little, in a town called pembroke pines, where Donna Velasquez, just three months a detective, a rookie really, had just been assigned to a brand new cold case unit. The sergeant came into the office and dropped a box of papers right on m
This morning, Raffaele Sollecito, who was convicted alongside knox, joins us for a live interview only on today. And nbc news exclusive. Michelle knight, one of the brave cleveland survivors on moving forward one year after her daring escape and the big decision shes made about the future. I felt like every brandnew start needs new beginnings. Today friday, may 2nd, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Happy, happy, happy friday. Im savannah guthrie. And im willie geist in this morning in for matt along with Natalie Morales and carson daly. Al is at Churchill Downs in louisville getting ready for tomorrows Kentucky Derby. We will hear from al in a minute. You can probably hear the shrieks all the way down there, because in memphis, tennessee, the royals are there. Princes william and harry, theyre in town in memphis for the wedding of a good buddy of theirs. They were out last nig
Of. Then we got the real story. Aea bombshell revelation. Was sheom really a bereaved ex just maybe a black widow . Barbara britain is in the middle. Hello and welcome to dateline. For years judy carlson lived in the most painful kind of limbo. Her son david had disappeared without a trace. The case went unsolved sitting cold for more than a decade before rookie detective dona velazquez was assigned to investigate. She uncovered a twisted tale of love gone bad and a grisly family secret. But the detective still needed to know what motive was at the heart of this crime. Heres Keith Morrison with buried secrets. Its a strange thing. Things have a way of coming up, things buried in the ground in the past or both. No one noticed what was starting in a town called Pembroke Pines where dona velazquez a rookie really had just been assigned to a cold case unit. The sergeant came into the office and dropped a box of papers right on my desk and said, here, see what you can do with this. And i be
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Barbara is in the middle. Buried secrets. Thanks for joining us. Im lester holt. For years the woman in this story lived in the most painful kind of limbo. Her son disappeared and there wasnt a shred of evidence what happened to him. She may never have known his fate if not for a quick thinking detective whose tools were the internet and plain old common sense. To solve the cold case she needed the help of a killer. Heres keith morrison. Its a strange thing that happens among the marshes and the soft soil in coastal florida. Things have a way of coming up. Things buried in the ground in the past. Or both. It was july 2003, beaches quiet, snow birds back up north. No one noticed it first what was starting inland a little in a town called Pembroke Pines where donna just three months a detective, a rookie really had been assigned to a brandnew cold case unit. The sergeant came into the office and dropped a box of papers right on my desk and said here, see what you can do with this. I bega