what if you were ripped away from your family? you live in fear, it changes you. kidnapped by a killer? i came out of the back, just really messed up. held for years as a prisoner. and what if prosecutors never believed you? bobbi parker was not the woman she was betraying as yourself. absolutely. it was a mystery, with a mind-boggling twist. this wife and mom, taken hostage. was she really a hostage at all? their relationship was not one of kidnap or and victim, it was one of husband and wife. his prisoner, or his lover? i really do love you. sounds like a pretty heartfelt love letter. in this hour, she shares her side of the story. will you believe her? i was fighting for my life. hello, and welcome to you dateline . i m craig melvin. bobbi parker was a prison officials wife, a teacher, living a quiet life with her beautiful family in granite, oklahoma. until the day she went missing. for more than ten years, her family waited and hoped. a
why? because i thought she s guilty. bobbi s attorney, garvin isaacs, made an impassioned offense. i took this case because bobbi parker is an innocent woman who s wrongfully accused of a crime she didn t commit. isaac told jurors the state s case was built on faulty speculation. outright fabrication. and the suspicious testimony of convicted felons. for instance, that inmate who claimed he d seen bobbi drive dial off the prison grounds, the defense showed he changed his story s multiple times. and the inmate who claimed he d had affair with bobbi? the defense proved he was mentally ill. his story a complete fantasy. this most outrageous case i ve ever been involved in. it s a great miscarriage of justice. the defense couldn t have called randolph dial to the stand.