i called my mom and she didn t answer. i pretty much knew in my heart that something was wrong. a mother vanished. i cried myself to sleep. it was awful realizing your worst nightmare had come true. a family anguished. she s gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? now, the questions begin in a southern gothic mystery. the case is puzzling. we did not really know what had happened. who would everett manage and you would have a murder in the family. soon there would be secrets. we were dealing with a person that was leading a double life. and one of them, would prove deadly. have you ever said, i know you did this? it hurts too much for me to say it out loud. hello. and welcome to dateline. it s a case that centers on the mother who had gone missing in a small town secret, that led to a very big surprise. here s keith morrison. suppose for a minute you are sitting in your car. smacked up in the middle of tuscaloosa alabama. and you poin
get don talking, wrangle from her something that was sounded like a confession. ellis and boyd outfitted don cell mate with a digital recorder, no bigger than a matchbox. and on a friday afternoon, as an unsuspecting dawn sat in her cell reviewing her case file, her soulmate walked in and waiting for some incriminating tidbit. which she got instead was the whole sickening story. here s what dawn told her cell mate about the morning to release it was killed. around 7 am. dawn called teresa with a lie to set the plan in motion. no more vacation days. i told her my car was dead. she claims her car had broken down. could teresa pick her up. of course she said yes. finish drying her hair got into her car. made the short drive to the dirt road and they re standing