person. then she vanished. i called the police. something is wrong. and something was. days passed, then months, no leads, no clues, no progress. we ve got to get going. we ve got to get moving on this. enter the a-team. a band of tough guy privatize. yes something to hide. a brief encounter with the mysterious stranger. on the train coming home, she had met this woman. did that hold the answer? she s talking about how someone is trying to assume her identity. a chilling case of a daughter in danger. somebody was after her. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. she was beautiful, talented, trusting, and sometimes troubled. a young woman from a prominent family finally grabbing the promise and life right up to the day she vanished. when the police seemed unable to find her, her family had to plan, and the usual strategy to solve the mystery. here is keith morrison. it began on the bright morning in may. slipped from its platform in washington stat
hair, and a wide open heart. she is a very, very kind of person. and then she vanished. i called the police. something is wrong. and something was. days passed, then months. no leads, no clues. no progress. i thought, i m not going to put up with this. we have to get going. get moving on this. enter the a team. a band of tough guy private eyes. this guy has something to hide. they had a brief encounter with the mysterious stranger. and that train coming home, she had met this woman. did that hold the answer? she is talking about how someone has tried to assume her identity. a chilling case of a daughter in danger. somebody was after them. welcome to dateline, i am lester holt. she was beautiful, talented, trusted and sometimes troubled, a young woman from a prominent family finally grabbing the promise in life, right up until the day that she vanished, and when the police seemed unable to find her, her family hatched a plan but an unusual str
they had brought heather out here to lead them to kate s body. there were a couple of detectives that i did ask them if they had any luck. and they just said no. and continue driving on. police called off the search. drove heather back to jail. had she intentionally given them bad information? perhaps no one would find cates. not the police. not the a-team. and then? we got a terrific break by the criminal justice system. mac and camp both came to the bond hearing and it is done by video. at the bond hearing mac shows up with his family. who are all there to support him. and, not only a public defender.
that. and that prosecutor says that ethan and kate decided that they had to keep her from talking. kate had to die. he began to make a choice to join in the scam to rip off kate waring. finally the prosecutors felt ready. almost a year to the day after kate was found she launched the trial of eaton mac. the sole defendant in the courtroom. heather having taken the plea agreement. though what they saw defied preparation. we had to see images. and see what they was like when they found her. and go through all the forensics. we were seeing that for the first time along with the jurors and all those other spectators in the courtroom. the a-team took the stand, as well as detectives and those from the police department to present the evidence. over a stupid forgery? prosecutor wilson told the jury that ethan and heather killed cage to avoid getting caught forging checks and using her credit cards. and then heather took the stand. and told the jury that it was ethan, not her,
well sheer luck. directly across the lobby. in the male side of the visitation area. they had mac to see his attorneys who happen to arrive the same time as we did. coincidentally? and also coincidentally the jailers had them ikea across the hall from each other. separated by glass partitions. they could see each other? yes. i said he has his lawyer and detective over there with him. and he is writing you out. so she starts to wave her arms to get his attention. so she snaps and she breaks. with a little bit more encouragement from andy savage that is, his deal? if heather told him exactly where to find cates body, and if it turned out that she had nothing to do with any murder. and he would help her with her forgery charges. and at that moment heather agreed to tell the a-team what they needed to know. her directions were precise. they drove out here right away. that is the large oak tree that she described. and then she says if you look farther up to your left in the