and this is dateline now she s a married mothe of two she was a kindergarten teacher there s nothing about her life that would raise any red flags she amazed them all her whole group of girlfriends at the gym she was totally dedicated say how, they re turnaround you ve gotten smaller. a stunning 200 pound weight loss, and a whole new life cam without. you can see tha transformation you can see the confidence i her. then, she was gone. missing at school. i caught all the girlfriend will find you one where the other. the clues, an email to he husband, and a secret she wa reluctant to share kind of a bombshell how there was possibly seein another man. what was really behind he sudden disappearance that would be the most mind-blowing twist of all. do you think that heather would still be alive if sh hadn t gone through this transformation the welcome to dateline. heather jones, a motivationa teacher, had shed pounds and her past she was starting to
at school. i called all the girlfriends. the clues an email to her husband and a secret she was reluctant to share. kind of a bombshell, heather was possibly seeing another man. what was really behind her sudden disappearance? that would be the most mind-blowing twist of all. do you think that heather would still be alive? if she hadn t gone through this transformation? gosh. welcome to dateline, heather, took a motivational teacher, had shed pounds and her past. she was starting to live the life of what she dreamed. and suddenly she vanished. here is andrea canning with the last dance. there s a place in downtown memphis, tennessee. a little hot spot not far from nearby street. they don t play the memphis blues in this club. in the sultry darkness of the rumble room, bodies sway to the beat of latin sounds. and april, 2013, a woman named heather jones came in with her friend to dance the night away, wearing a brand new dress. how did she look? she had
might find her your foot hit something har and you think, oh my god, is that her but it s - it s a branch, and you jus never know with each step. to put together the puzzl of what happened to how they re, and what she meant by that disturbing goodbye email detective kemp wanted to kno more about heather, starting with her relationship with chris. when i wanted to know mor about their marriage and what been going on between them the past year. he knew the major event and their marriage in the past yea was had there s dramatic physical change. when the friends and family said it was about so much more than just dropping pant size as heather lost the weight, sh gained a whole new outlook o life she was kind of quiet and reserved back then, when ivory first met her, and to see that contrast from then until where she had decided, i m going t make some healthy decisions in
in first they said she s not i there. they said nothing looks just herbs. is that a relief in any way that she s not in there? no, no, it was terrifying something is very much wrong it was now a missing person case detective tony kemp took the lead and did his own wal through of the house did you find any signs of something that might hav happened in that house no, i did not see the any weapons, i do not see any bloo or anything in that house. but how there is car stil in the driveway, stuck i detective kemp s mind. obviously, if she left, she ha to be on foot or she had mad contact with somebody for he to pick her up the grapevine was not working overtime friends from others dance clas soon heard that she wa missing. one of them was carrie cooper. the class instructor she also won over to the house turns out, carrie knew as much
never made that call and there was more. ed told detectives he was surprised by the first question he was asked when initially contacted be i by the police. detective kemp, he said, is your girlfriend there? and i said, yes, she s in the back yard. he said, good, okay, so heather s okay? i said heather s not my girlfriend, she s a friend of mine. we ve been friend for 20 years. if heather and ed weren t an item, what was going on? the detective wanted to hear from you immediately once they learned the name? yes, oh, yeah, with understand they knew who i was. you were an important piece of the puzzle for them? yeah. detectives learned his