thank you for watching. i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline! he said he couldn t handle talking about it. i was angry at him. if you re not going to tell me what happened, then you re going to dance around the issue and tell three different stories, what are you hiding? it started as a teen romance. two of my girlfriends are like, there s this guy, and you need to meet him. i was in love, yes. it ended in one of the strangest love stories you ll ever hear. i felt like i got hit by a bus. right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? two families and a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. he looks like he s been shot. he said someone broke in last night. a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. his father bruised and bewildered.
bus. right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? two families and a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. he looks like he s been shot. he said someone broke in last night. a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. his father bruised and bewildered. i don t remember anything else, other than waking up in the morning. was it a robbery? the television s on. was it darker? you re always going to look at the closest people to the victim. or was it something much darker? you were 11 years old when your mother disappeared. a missing woman, a murdered woman, and a lie. i didn t get through more than a page and a half, and i threw it. i could barely stomach to finish it. but the family was rocked by scandal and then murder. aaron s father was found at the cri
driver, get your hands in the air. in northern california. walk back to the sound of my voice. back to me. you all right? yeah. charged him with first degree murder. pam s daughters were relieved when they got the news. all i could think to myself was finally. what was that like? it was like yea, then it was like this is reality all over again. it s starting. meaning, of course, reliving the crime at the trial. i m antsy. i m eager. you want to go and testify? yeah. i want this to be over. and i know that i need to cope with whatever answer comes. youre opening. yes, your honor. then here it was, february 25th, 2016. already ralph had managed a victory, had tied prosecutor ryan brackley s hands, in one way, anyway. well, we tried to tell the entire story about ralph candelario and ralph candelario s life. in other words, the very suspicious disappearance of dena, the first wife, whose body has never been found. but
all over again, starting. meaning, of course, reliving the crime at the trial i m antsy. i m eager. you want to go and testify? yeah. i want this to be over. and i know that i need to cope with whatever answer comes. youre opening. yes, your honor. then here it was, february 25th, 2016. already ralph had managed a victory, had tied prosecutor ryan brackley s hands, in one way, anyway. well, we tried to tell the entire story about ralph candelario and ralph candelario s life. in other words, the very suspicious disappearance of dena, the first wife, whose body has never been found. but ultimately, the judge denied that motion, and we went to trial without that piece. you ve already heard about the prosecution s evidence. ralph s open letter to the huerfano world journal which, said prosecutor matt durkin,
reliving the crime at the trial. i am and see, i am eager. you want to go and testify? yeah. i want this to be over. i know we need to cope with whatever answer comes youre opening. yes, your honor. then here it was, february 25th, 2016. already ralph had managed a victory, had tied prosecutor ryan brackley s hands, in one way, anyway. well, we tried to tell the entire story about ralph candelario and ralph candelario s life. in other words, the very suspicious disappearance of dena, the first wife, whose body has never been found. but ultimately, the judge denied that motion, and we went to trial without that piece. you ve already heard about the prosecution s evidence. ralph s open letter to the huerfano world journal which, said prosecutor matt durkin, had been exposed as an elaborate lie. that letter was in itself a